diff --git a/algosdk/error.py b/algosdk/error.py
index b0931977..299a4b24 100644
--- a/algosdk/error.py
+++ b/algosdk/error.py
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ def __init__(self, msg):
 
 
 class AlgodHTTPError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, msg, code=None):
+    def __init__(self, msg, code=None, data=None):
         super().__init__(msg)
         self.code = code
+        self.data = data
 
 
 class AlgodResponseError(Exception):
diff --git a/algosdk/v2client/algod.py b/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
index bd2f4189..eae2047c 100644
--- a/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
+++ b/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ def algod_request(
         except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
             code = e.code
             es = e.read().decode("utf-8")
+            m = e  # If json.loads() fails, we'll return e itself
+            j = {}
             try:
-                e = json.loads(es)["message"]
+                j = json.loads(es)
+                m = j["message"]
             finally:
-                raise error.AlgodHTTPError(e, code)
+                raise error.AlgodHTTPError(m, code, j.get("data"))
         if response_format == "json":
             try:
                 return json.load(resp)
diff --git a/examples/inspect-error.py b/examples/inspect-error.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..427db724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/inspect-error.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from algosdk import error, transaction
+
+from utils import get_algod_client, algod_env
+
+algod = get_algod_client(*algod_env())
+
+# This program is "#pragma version 5, +". It will fail because no arguments are on the stack.
+lsig = transaction.LogicSigAccount(b"\x05\x08")
+sender = lsig.address()
+# Get suggested parameters
+params = algod.suggested_params()
+
+amount = 10000
+txn = transaction.PaymentTxn(sender, params, sender, amount)
+lstx = transaction.LogicSigTransaction(txn, lsig)
+try:
+    txid = algod.send_transaction(lstx)
+    print("Impossible! Exception will have been thrown")
+except error.AlgodHTTPError as e:
+    print(e.data)
diff --git a/examples/utils.py b/examples/utils.py
index 64c3958d..59e84019 100644
--- a/examples/utils.py
+++ b/examples/utils.py
@@ -67,6 +67,23 @@ class SandboxAccount:
     signer: AccountTransactionSigner
 
 
+def algod_env():
+    algodata = os.environ.get("ALGORAND_DATA")
+    if not algodata:
+        return ()
+    try:
+        token = (
+            open(os.path.join(algodata, "algod.token"), "rt").read().strip()
+        )
+        net = (
+            "http://"
+            + open(os.path.join(algodata, "algod.net"), "rt").read().strip()
+        )
+        return (net, token)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        return ()
+
+
 def get_accounts(
     kmd_address: str = KMD_URL,
     kmd_token: str = KMD_TOKEN,