diff --git a/network/http/gin.go b/network/http/gin.go
index 74bb977d..5d643587 100644
--- a/network/http/gin.go
+++ b/network/http/gin.go
@@ -310,12 +310,12 @@ func GinGetArg(c *gin.Context, hdr, param string) (v string, err error) {
 func Unzip(in []byte) (out []byte, err error) {
 	gzr, err := gzip.NewReader(bytes.NewBuffer(in))
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to new gzip reader: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	out, err = io.ReadAll(gzr)
 	if err != nil {
-		return
+		return out, fmt.Errorf("unable to ReadAll from gzip reader: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	if err := gzr.Close(); err != nil {
diff --git a/network/http/http.go b/network/http/http.go
index 1a2860ac..1413dc4d 100644
--- a/network/http/http.go
+++ b/network/http/http.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 package http
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 )
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func ReadBody(req *http.Request) ([]byte, error) {
 	buf, err := io.ReadAll(req.Body)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("io ReadAll in ReadBody: %w", err)
 	}
 
 	// as HTTP server, we do not need to close body