diff --git a/depositor/b2share.py b/depositor/b2share.py
index 366ef83be8aaa2e25933a93cd43b933304c407e0..103bacc9182493e7702a2306f7800256cef6b69b 100644
--- a/depositor/b2share.py
+++ b/depositor/b2share.py
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ class Depositor:
         r = requests.post(self.b2shareurl + "records/",
                           params=self.url_params, data=json.dumps(metadata),
                           headers=headers, verify=self.insecure_ssl)
+        if r.status_code == 401:
+            logging.error('Access to {} unauthorized, wrong token?'.format(
+                self.b2shareurl))
+            exit(1)
+        elif r.status_code >= 400:
+            logging.error('Error while communicating with {}, status code: {}'
+                          .format(self.b2shareurl, r.status_code))
+            exit(1)
         deposit_id = r.json()['id']
         upload_url = r.json()['links']['files']
         return deposit_id, upload_url
@@ -145,7 +153,6 @@ class Depositor:
         headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/octet-stream'}
         for filename in filenames:
             if '::' in filename:
-                logging.info(filename.count('::'))
                 if not filename.count('::') is 1:
                     logging.error('Too many "::" for filename renaming of {} '
                                   'given, skipping.'.format(filename))