diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 188364c..d8802a1 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@ulms/api-clients",
-  "version": "7.12.0",
+  "version": "7.12.1",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@ulms/api-clients",
-      "version": "7.12.0",
+      "version": "7.12.1",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "axios": "1.6.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 781a607..4c99b90 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ulms/api-clients",
-  "version": "7.12.0",
+  "version": "7.12.1",
   "description": "JavaScript API clients for ULMS platform",
   "keywords": [],
   "homepage": "https://github.com/foxford/ulms-api-clients-js#readme",
diff --git a/src/http-client.js b/src/http-client.js
index 4612c41..b05c25a 100644
--- a/src/http-client.js
+++ b/src/http-client.js
@@ -11,12 +11,13 @@ function createTimeoutSignal(timeout) {
 }
 
 class FetchHttpClient {
-  request(url, config) {
+  async request(url, config) {
     const { timeout, ...requestConfig } = config
     const requestOptions = {
       ...requestConfig,
     }
     let onFinally
+    let response
 
     if (timeout !== undefined) {
       const { cleanup, signal } = createTimeoutSignal(timeout)
@@ -25,16 +26,17 @@ class FetchHttpClient {
       onFinally = cleanup
     }
 
-    const fetchPromise = fetch(url, requestOptions).catch((error) => {
-      throw new NetworkError('', { cause: error })
-    })
-
-    if (onFinally) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line promise/catch-or-return
-      fetchPromise.finally(() => onFinally())
+    try {
+      response = fetch(url, requestOptions)
+    } catch (error) {
+      throw new NetworkError('network_error', { cause: error })
+    } finally {
+      if (onFinally) {
+        onFinally()
+      }
     }
 
-    return fetchPromise
+    return response
   }
 
   get(url, config) {