diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index dee6246..3f45af4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -11,22 +11,12 @@ var defaults = {
 };
 
 module.exports.create = function(config) {
-	var baseUrl = config.baseUrl || defaults.baseUrl;
+	var baseUrl = (config.baseUrl || defaults.baseUrl).replace(/\/$/, '');
 	var apiKey = config.key || config.apiKey;
 	var apiSecret = config.secret || config.apiSecret;
 
 	var auth = 'sso-key ' + apiKey + ':' + apiSecret;
-
-	function api(method, path, form) {
-		return request({
-			method: method,
-			url: baseUrl + path,
-			headers: {
-				Authorization: auth
-			},
-			json: form || true
-		});
-	}
+	var redacted = 'sso-key ' + apiKey + ':[redacted]';
 
 	return {
 		init: function(deps) {
@@ -35,13 +25,7 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 		},
 
 		zones: function(data) {
-			return api('GET', 'domains?statuses=ACTIVE').then(function(resp) {
-				if (200 !== resp.statusCode) {
-					console.error(resp.statusCode);
-					console.error(resp.body);
-					throw new Error('Could not get list of zones. Check api key, etc');
-				}
-
+			return api('GET', '/domains?statuses=ACTIVE').then(function(resp) {
 				return resp.body.map(function(x) {
 					return x.domain;
 				});
@@ -67,17 +51,9 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 				}
 			];
 
-			return api('PATCH', 'domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records', records).then(
+			return api('PATCH', '/domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records', records).then(
 				function(resp) {
-					if (200 !== resp.statusCode) {
-						console.error(resp.statusCode);
-						console.error(resp.body);
-						throw new Error(
-							'record did not set. check subdomain, api key, etc'
-						);
-					}
-
-					return true;
+					return null;
 				}
 			);
 		},
@@ -87,25 +63,15 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 			// get all domain records of type or name
 			return api(
 				'GET',
-				'domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT/' + ch.dnsPrefix
+				'/domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT/' + ch.dnsPrefix
 			)
 				.then(function(resp) {
-					if (200 !== resp.statusCode) {
-						console.error(resp.statusCode);
-						console.error(resp.body);
-						throw new Error('Could not get list of zones. Check api key, etc');
-					}
-
-					var newEntries = [];
-					// filter all TXT records without record to remove
-					for (let i = 0; i < resp.body.length; i++) {
-						if (resp.body[i]['data'] !== ch.dnsAuthorization) {
-							newEntries.push(resp.body[i]);
-						}
-					}
-					return newEntries;
+					// keep all TXT records that we don't need to remove
+					return resp.body.filter(function(el) {
+						return el.data !== ch.dnsAuthorization;
+					});
 				})
-				.then(function(newRecords) {
+				.then(function(records) {
 					// godaddy doesn't provide an endpoint for a single record removal
 					// but provides this endpoint to replace all records of a given type
 					// https://developer.godaddy.com/doc/endpoint/domains#/v1/recordReplaceType
@@ -113,8 +79,8 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 					// hence when only a single record of type exists and is the one to remove
 					// we call the endpoint with this dummy record
 
-					if (!newRecords.length) {
-						newRecords.push({
+					if (!records.length) {
+						records.push({
 							data: 'free_to_delete',
 							name: 'remove_placeholder',
 							ttl: 600
@@ -124,17 +90,10 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 					// update - overwrite all type and name records under domain
 					return api(
 						'PUT',
-						'domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT',
-						newRecords
+						'/domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT',
+						records
 					).then(function(resp) {
-						if (200 !== resp.statusCode) {
-							console.error(resp.statusCode);
-							console.error(resp.body);
-							throw new Error(
-								'record did not remove. check subdomain, api key, etc'
-							);
-						}
-						return true;
+						return null;
 					});
 				});
 		},
@@ -142,20 +101,53 @@ module.exports.create = function(config) {
 			var ch = data.challenge;
 			return api(
 				'GET',
-				'domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT/' + ch.dnsPrefix
+				'/domains/' + ch.dnsZone + '/records/TXT/' + ch.dnsPrefix
 			).then(function(resp) {
-				resp = resp.body;
+				var entry = (resp.body || []).filter(function(x) {
+					return x.data === ch.dnsAuthorization;
+				})[0];
 
-				var entry = null;
-
-				if (resp.length) {
-					entry = resp.filter(function(x) {
-						return x.data === ch.dnsAuthorization;
-					})[0];
+				if (entry) {
+					return { dnsAuthorization: entry.data };
 				}
 
-				return entry ? { dnsAuthorization: entry.data } : null;
+				return null;
 			});
 		}
 	};
+
+	function api(method, path, data) {
+		var req = {
+			method: method,
+			url: baseUrl + path,
+			headers: { Authorization: auth },
+			json: data || true
+		};
+		return request(req).then(function(resp) {
+			if (resp.statusCode < 200 || resp.statusCode >= 300) {
+				req.headers.Authorization = redacted;
+				console.error();
+				console.error(req.method + ' ' + req.url);
+				console.error(req.headers);
+				if (data) {
+					console.error(data);
+				}
+				console.error();
+				console.error(resp.statusCode);
+				console.error(resp.body);
+				console.error();
+				throw new Error(
+					'Request "' +
+						req.method +
+						' ' +
+						req.url +
+						'" failed: ' +
+						resp.statusCode +
+						' ' +
+						JSON.stringify(resp.body) +
+						'. Check subdomain, api key, etc'
+				);
+			}
+		});
+	}
 };