diff --git a/services/EventService.js b/services/EventService.js
index 4fa8c15..c42b759 100644
--- a/services/EventService.js
+++ b/services/EventService.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ async function handleEventGracefully(event, data, err) {
     // reschedule event
     if (event.retryCount < config.RETRY_COUNT) {
       logger.debug('Scheduling event for next retry');
-      const newEvent = {...event};
+      const newEvent = { ...event };
       newEvent.retryCount += 1;
       delete newEvent.copilot;
       const timeoutKey = setTimeout(async () => {
@@ -77,13 +77,18 @@ async function handleEventGracefully(event, data, err) {
           comment = `The challenge cancel failed: ${comment}`;
         }
       } else if (event.event === 'issue.created') {
-        // comment for challenge creation failed
-        comment = 'The challenge creation on the Topcoder platform failed.  Please contact support to try again';
+        if (err.name === 'ProcessorError' && err.statusCode && err.message) {
+          // comment for challenge creation failed
+          comment = `[${err.statusCode}]: ${err.message}`
+        } else {
+          // comment for challenge creation failed
+          comment = 'The challenge creation on the Topcoder platform failed.  Please contact support to try again';
+        }
       } else if (event.event === 'copilotPayment.add') {
         // comment for copilot payment challenge create failed
         comment = 'The copilot payment challenge creation on the Topcoder platform failed.  Please contact support to try again';
         await dbHelper.remove(models.CopilotPayment, {
-          id: {eq: data.id}
+          id: { eq: data.id }
         });
         // we dont need to put comment for copilot payment
         return;
diff --git a/utils/errors.js b/utils/errors.js
index a27193e..29592de 100644
--- a/utils/errors.js
+++ b/utils/errors.js
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ errors.convertGitLabError = function convertGitLabError(err, message) {
  */
 errors.convertTopcoderApiError = function convertTopcoderApiError(err, message) {
   let resMsg = `${message}`;
-  const detail = _.get(err, 'response.body.result.content');
+  const detail = _.get(err, 'response.data.message');
   if (detail) {
     resMsg += ` Detail: ${detail}`;
   }
   const apiError = new ProcessorError(
-        err.status || _.get(err, 'response.body.result.status', constants.SERVICE_ERROR_STATUS),
-        resMsg,
-        'topcoder'
-    );
+    err.response.status || _.get(err, 'response.body.result.status', constants.SERVICE_ERROR_STATUS),
+    resMsg,
+    'topcoder'
+  );
   return apiError;
 };