diff --git a/src/storages/EventsDB.ts b/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
index ba9e93a4..74fa8705 100644
--- a/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
+++ b/src/storages/EventsDB.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class EventsDB implements NStore {
       } else if (e.message === 'Cannot replace an event with an older event') {
         return;
       } else {
-        this.console.debug('ERROR', e.message);
+        throw e;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/utils/api.ts b/src/utils/api.ts
index ac00afb5..1ac61942 100644
--- a/src/utils/api.ts
+++ b/src/utils/api.ts
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ async function publishEvent(event: NostrEvent, c: AppContext): Promise<NostrEven
       throw new HTTPException(422, {
         res: c.json({ error: e.message }, 422),
       });
+    } else {
+      throw e;
     }
   }