diff --git a/.changeset/plenty-peas-act.md b/.changeset/plenty-peas-act.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9c18351958
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/plenty-peas-act.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@chainlink/token-balance-adapter': patch
+---
+
+log descriptive error if ethers call fails
diff --git a/packages/sources/token-balance/src/transport/evm.ts b/packages/sources/token-balance/src/transport/evm.ts
index de9b389ce7..dbf739c82a 100644
--- a/packages/sources/token-balance/src/transport/evm.ts
+++ b/packages/sources/token-balance/src/transport/evm.ts
@@ -140,7 +140,13 @@ export class ERC20TokenBalanceTransport extends SubscriptionTransport<BaseEndpoi
               walletAddress: wallet,
               balance: String(iface.decodeFunctionResult(balanceOfSignature, result)[0]),
               decimals,
-            })),
+            }))
+            .catch((err) => {
+              logger.error(
+                `caught balanceOf error on ${network}, contract: ${contractAddress}, wallet ${wallet}`,
+              )
+              throw err
+            }),
         )
       }
     }
@@ -203,7 +209,11 @@ export class ERC20TokenBalanceTransport extends SubscriptionTransport<BaseEndpoi
             network,
             contractAddress,
             decimals: Number(iface.decodeFunctionResult(decimalsSignature, result)[0]),
-          })),
+          }))
+          .catch((err) => {
+            logger.error(`caught decimals error on ${network}, contract: ${contractAddress}`)
+            throw err
+          }),
       )
     }