diff --git a/src/components/ConnectedFilter/index.jsx b/src/components/ConnectedFilter/index.jsx
index cc0480de..c56acaad 100644
--- a/src/components/ConnectedFilter/index.jsx
+++ b/src/components/ConnectedFilter/index.jsx
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ class ConnectedFilter extends React.Component {
       this.state.filter,
     )
       .then((res) => {
+        if (!res.data) {
+          const msg = `error querying guppy${res.errors && res.errors.length > 0 ? `: ${res.errors[0].message}` : ''}`;
+          console.error(msg); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+        }
         this.handleReceiveNewAggsData(
           res.data._aggregation[this.props.guppyConfig.type],
           this.state.adminAppliedPreFilters,
diff --git a/src/components/Utils/filters.js b/src/components/Utils/filters.js
index 79e12812..7bd9924d 100644
--- a/src/components/Utils/filters.js
+++ b/src/components/Utils/filters.js
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ export const updateCountsInInitialTabsOptions = (
         return;
       }
       const { histogram } = initialTabsOptions[field];
+      if (!histogram) {
+        console.error(`Guppy did not return histogram data for filter field ${field}`); // eslint-disable-line no-console
+      }
       histogram.forEach((opt) => {
         const { key } = opt;
         if (typeof (key) !== 'string') { // key is a range, just copy the histogram
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ export const updateCountsInInitialTabsOptions = (
     /* eslint-disable no-console */
     // hopefully we won't get here but in case of
     // out-of-index error or obj undefined error
-    console.err('error when processing filter data', err);
+    console.error('error when processing filter data: ', err);
     console.trace();
     /* eslint-enable no-console */
   }
diff --git a/src/server/es/index.js b/src/server/es/index.js
index f651b9b7..0dfeddc3 100644
--- a/src/server/es/index.js
+++ b/src/server/es/index.js
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class ES {
       type: esType,
       body: validatedQueryBody,
     }).then((resp) => resp.body, (err) => {
-      log.error('[ES.query] error during querying');
+      log.error(`[ES.query] error during querying: ${err.message}`);
       throw new Error(err.message);
     });
   }