diff --git a/server/upstream/gitea.go b/server/upstream/gitea.go
index 34653c4..f1ffd06 100644
--- a/server/upstream/gitea.go
+++ b/server/upstream/gitea.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ const giteaAPIRepos = "/api/v1/repos/"
 func giteaRawContent(targetOwner, targetRepo, ref, giteaRoot, giteaAPIToken, resource string) ([]byte, error) {
 	req := fasthttp.AcquireRequest()
 
-	req.SetRequestURI(path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, targetOwner, targetRepo, "raw", resource+"?ref="+url.QueryEscape(ref)))
+	apiPath := path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, targetOwner, targetRepo, "raw", resource+"?ref="+url.QueryEscape(ref))
+	log.Debug().Msgf("giteaRawContent: trying path %s", apiPath)
+	req.SetRequestURI(apiPath)
 	req.Header.Set(fasthttp.HeaderAuthorization, giteaAPIToken)
 	res := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
 
@@ -37,14 +39,18 @@ func giteaGetRepoBranchTimestamp(giteaRoot, repoOwner, repoName, branchName, git
 	client := getFastHTTPClient(5 * time.Second)
 
 	req := fasthttp.AcquireRequest()
-	req.SetRequestURI(path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, repoOwner, repoName, "branches", branchName))
+	apiPath := path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, repoOwner, repoName, "branches", branchName)
+	log.Debug().Msgf("giteaGetRepoBranchTimestamp: trying path %s", apiPath)
+	req.SetRequestURI(apiPath)
 	req.Header.Set(fasthttp.HeaderAuthorization, giteaAPIToken)
 	res := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
 
 	if err := client.Do(req, res); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err)
 		return time.Time{}, err
 	}
 	if res.StatusCode() != fasthttp.StatusOK {
+		log.Error().Msgf("unexpected status code '%d'", res.StatusCode())
 		return time.Time{}, fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code '%d'", res.StatusCode())
 	}
 	return time.Parse(time.RFC3339, fastjson.GetString(res.Body(), "commit", "timestamp"))
@@ -54,15 +60,18 @@ func giteaGetRepoDefaultBranch(giteaRoot, repoOwner, repoName, giteaAPIToken str
 	client := getFastHTTPClient(5 * time.Second)
 
 	req := fasthttp.AcquireRequest()
-	req.SetRequestURI(path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, repoOwner, repoName))
-	log.Debug().Msgf("trying repo %s/%s", repoOwner, repoName)
+	apiPath := path.Join(giteaRoot, giteaAPIRepos, repoOwner, repoName)
+	log.Debug().Msgf("trying path %s", apiPath)
+	req.SetRequestURI(apiPath)
 	req.Header.Set(fasthttp.HeaderAuthorization, giteaAPIToken)
 	res := fasthttp.AcquireResponse()
 
 	if err := client.Do(req, res); err != nil {
+		log.Err(err)
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if res.StatusCode() != fasthttp.StatusOK {
+		log.Error().Msgf("unexpected status code '%d'", res.StatusCode())
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code '%d'", res.StatusCode())
 	}
 	return fastjson.GetString(res.Body(), "default_branch"), nil