diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index a03820a4..d1343188 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -1897,6 +1897,7 @@ def upload_dataset(self, dump_config_to_s3=False):
                 dataset_info["hdx_upload"] = "SUCCESS"
             except Exception as ex:
                 logging.error(ex)
+                raise ex
                 dataset_info["hdx_upload"] = "FAILED"
 
             dataset_info["name"] = self.dataset["name"]