diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
index f34c24ac..8506d1ed 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-api/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/module/api/actions/BaseAPIActionUtil.java
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ public class BaseAPIActionUtil
                request.setEntity(recordToEntity(table, record));
 
                QHttpResponse response = makeRequest(table, request);
+               validateResponse(response);
                record = processPostResponse(table, record, response);
                insertOutput.addRecord(record);
             }