diff --git a/src/modules/lolschedule/api-client.js b/src/modules/lolschedule/api-client.js
index 2e57939..d91a54d 100644
--- a/src/modules/lolschedule/api-client.js
+++ b/src/modules/lolschedule/api-client.js
@@ -51,10 +51,35 @@ async function cargoQuery(params) {
     body,
     cf: { cacheTtl: 30, cacheEverything: true },
   });
-  if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Leaguepedia API HTTP ${res.status}`);
-  const json = await res.json();
-  if (json?.error) throw new Error(`Leaguepedia error: ${json.error.info || json.error.code}`);
-  return (json?.cargoquery || []).map((r) => r.title);
+  const text = await res.text();
+  if (!res.ok) {
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify({ msg: "lolschedule_fetch", status: res.status, body: text.slice(0, 500) }),
+    );
+    throw new Error(`Leaguepedia API HTTP ${res.status}`);
+  }
+  let json;
+  try {
+    json = JSON.parse(text);
+  } catch {
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify({ msg: "lolschedule_parse_fail", body: text.slice(0, 500) }),
+    );
+    throw new Error("Leaguepedia non-JSON response");
+  }
+  if (json?.error) {
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify({
+        msg: "lolschedule_api_error",
+        code: json.error.code,
+        info: json.error.info,
+      }),
+    );
+    throw new Error(`Leaguepedia error: ${json.error.info || json.error.code}`);
+  }
+  const rows = (json?.cargoquery || []).map((r) => r.title);
+  console.log(JSON.stringify({ msg: "lolschedule_fetch_ok", rows: rows.length }));
+  return rows;
 }
 
 /** Format a JS Date as Leaguepedia's UTC literal: `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS`. */
diff --git a/src/modules/lolschedule/handlers.js b/src/modules/lolschedule/handlers.js
index b3e6142..14cfbd1 100644
--- a/src/modules/lolschedule/handlers.js
+++ b/src/modules/lolschedule/handlers.js
@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@ export async function handleToday(ctx, db) {
     const rows = await getCachedMatches(db, from, to, CACHE_TTL_TODAY_SEC);
     await ctx.reply(renderToday(rows, from), { parse_mode: "HTML" });
   } catch (err) {
-    console.warn("lolschedule /lol_today failed", String(err));
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify({ msg: "lolschedule_today_fail", err: String(err) }),
+    );
     await ctx.reply("Could not fetch today's matches. Try again later.");
   }
 }
@@ -61,7 +63,9 @@ export async function handleWeek(ctx, db) {
     const rows = await getCachedMatches(db, from, to, CACHE_TTL_WEEK_SEC);
     await ctx.reply(renderWeek(rows, from, to), { parse_mode: "HTML" });
   } catch (err) {
-    console.warn("lolschedule /lol_week failed", String(err));
+    console.log(
+      JSON.stringify({ msg: "lolschedule_week_fail", err: String(err) }),
+    );
     await ctx.reply("Could not fetch this week's matches. Try again later.");
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/modules/lolschedule/api-client.test.js b/tests/modules/lolschedule/api-client.test.js
index 43d7b54..9638294 100644
--- a/tests/modules/lolschedule/api-client.test.js
+++ b/tests/modules/lolschedule/api-client.test.js
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ import {
 import { makeFakeKv } from "../../fakes/fake-kv-namespace.js";
 
 function cargoResponse(rows) {
+  const payload = { cargoquery: rows.map((title) => ({ title })) };
   return {
     ok: true,
     status: 200,
-    json: async () => ({ cargoquery: rows.map((title) => ({ title })) }),
+    text: async () => JSON.stringify(payload),
+    json: async () => payload,
   };
 }
 
@@ -53,10 +55,12 @@ describe("fetchMatchesInRange", () => {
   });
 
   it("surfaces Leaguepedia API error field", async () => {
+    const errPayload = { error: { info: "Bad query", code: "x" } };
     global.fetch = vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
       ok: true,
       status: 200,
-      json: async () => ({ error: { info: "Bad query", code: "x" } }),
+      text: async () => JSON.stringify(errPayload),
+      json: async () => errPayload,
     });
     await expect(
       fetchMatchesInRange(new Date("2026-04-21T00:00:00Z"), new Date("2026-04-22T00:00:00Z")),