diff --git a/codex/chunker.nim b/codex/chunker.nim
index a3ecc7c8..ad256538 100644
--- a/codex/chunker.nim
+++ b/codex/chunker.nim
@@ -92,8 +92,11 @@ proc new*(
       trace "LPStreamChunker stream Eof", exc = exc.msg
     except CancelledError as error:
       raise error
+    except LPStreamError as error:
+      error "LPStream error", err = error.msg
+      raise error
     except CatchableError as exc:
-      trace "CatchableError exception", exc = exc.msg
+      error "CatchableError exception", exc = exc.msg
       raise newException(Defect, exc.msg)
 
     return res
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ proc new*(
     except CancelledError as error:
       raise error
     except CatchableError as exc:
-      trace "CatchableError exception", exc = exc.msg
+      error "CatchableError exception", exc = exc.msg
       raise newException(Defect, exc.msg)
 
     return total
diff --git a/codex/rest/api.nim b/codex/rest/api.nim
index e4d02671..7fad52ae 100644
--- a/codex/rest/api.nim
+++ b/codex/rest/api.nim
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ proc initDataApi(node: CodexNodeRef, repoStore: RepoStore, router: var RestRoute
       try:
         without cid =? (
           await node.store(AsyncStreamWrapper.new(reader = AsyncStreamReader(reader)))), error:
-          trace "Error uploading file", exc = error.msg
+          error "Error uploading file", exc = error.msg
           return RestApiResponse.error(Http500, error.msg)
 
         codex_api_uploads.inc()
diff --git a/tests/codex/testchunking.nim b/tests/codex/testchunking.nim
index f4f40a29..3a4c2301 100644
--- a/tests/codex/testchunking.nim
+++ b/tests/codex/testchunking.nim
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
 import pkg/codex/chunker
 import pkg/codex/logutils
@@ -7,6 +6,17 @@ import pkg/chronos
 import ../asynctest
 import ./helpers
 
+type
+  CrashingStreamWrapper* = ref object of LPStream
+    toRaise*: ref CatchableError
+
+method readOnce*(
+  self: CrashingStreamWrapper,
+  pbytes: pointer,
+  nbytes: int
+): Future[int] {.async.} =
+  raise self.toRaise
+
 asyncchecksuite "Chunking":
   test "should return proper size chunks":
     var offset = 0
@@ -78,3 +88,30 @@ asyncchecksuite "Chunking":
       string.fromBytes(data) == readFile(path)
       fileChunker.offset == data.len
 
+  proc raiseStreamException(exc: ref CatchableError) {.async.} =
+    let stream = CrashingStreamWrapper.new()
+    let chunker = LPStreamChunker.new(
+      stream = stream,
+      chunkSize = 2'nb)
+
+    stream.toRaise = exc
+    discard (await chunker.getBytes())
+
+  test "stream should forward LPStreamError":
+    expect LPStreamError:
+      await raiseStreamException(newException(LPStreamError, "test error"))
+
+  test "stream should catch LPStreamEOFError":
+    await raiseStreamException(newException(LPStreamEOFError, "test error"))
+
+  test "stream should forward CancelledError":
+    expect CancelledError:
+      await raiseStreamException(newException(CancelledError, "test error"))
+
+  test "stream should forward LPStreamError":
+    expect LPStreamError:
+      await raiseStreamException(newException(LPStreamError, "test error"))
+
+  test "stream should convert other exceptions to defect":
+    expect Defect:
+      await raiseStreamException(newException(CatchableError, "test error"))