diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index e2c59d6..511f7b6 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 /// Re-exported `reqwest` types.
 pub mod reqwest {
     pub use reqwest::{
-        Error, Response, StatusCode, Url
+        Error, Response, StatusCode, Url, header::HeaderMap
     };
 }
 use ::reqwest::*;
@@ -20,16 +20,24 @@ pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, RiotApiError>;
 pub struct RiotApiError {
     reqwest_error: Error,
     retries: u8,
-    response: Option<Response>,
+    headers: Option<header::HeaderMap>,
     status_code: Option<StatusCode>,
+    response_body: Option<String>,
 }
 impl RiotApiError {
-    pub(crate) fn new(reqwest_error: Error, retries: u8, response: Option<Response>, status_code: Option<StatusCode>) -> Self {
+    pub(crate) fn new(
+        reqwest_error: Error,
+        retries: u8,
+        headers: Option<header::HeaderMap>,
+        status_code: Option<StatusCode>,
+        response_body: Option<String>
+    ) -> Self {
         Self {
             reqwest_error: reqwest_error,
             retries: retries,
-            response: response,
+            headers: headers,
             status_code: status_code,
+            response_body: response_body,
         }
     }
     /// The reqwest::Error for the final failed request.
@@ -40,18 +48,24 @@ impl RiotApiError {
     pub fn retries(&self) -> u8 {
         self.retries
     }
-    /// The failed response.
-    /// `Some(reqwest::Response)` if the request was sent and failed.
-    /// `None` if the request was not sent, OR if parsing the response JSON failed.
-    pub fn response(&self) -> Option<&Response> {
-        self.response.as_ref()
-    }
     /// The failed response's HTTP status code.
     /// `Some(reqwest::StatusCode)` if the request was sent and failed, OR if parsing the response JSON failed.
     /// `None` if the request was not sent.
     pub fn status_code(&self) -> Option<StatusCode> {
         self.status_code
     }
+    /// The failed response's headers.
+    /// `Some(reqwest::header::HeaderMap)` if the request was sent and failed.
+    /// `None` if the request was not sent.
+    pub fn headers(&self) -> Option<header::HeaderMap> {
+        self.headers.clone()
+    }
+    /// The failed response's body (as a copy).
+    /// `Some(String)` if the request was sent and failed.
+    /// `None` if the request was not sent.
+    pub fn response_body(&self) -> Option<String> {
+        self.response_body.clone()
+    }
 }
 impl fmt::Display for RiotApiError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/src/req/regional_requester.rs b/src/req/regional_requester.rs
index 0d7f93a..d47231b 100644
--- a/src/req/regional_requester.rs
+++ b/src/req/regional_requester.rs
@@ -86,20 +86,22 @@ impl RegionalRequester {
                     .header(Self::RIOT_KEY_HEADER, &*config.api_key)
                     .send()
                     .await
-                    .map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, None))?;
+                    .map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, None, None))?;
 
                 // Maybe update rate limits (based on response headers).
                 self.app_rate_limit.on_response(&config, &response);
                 method_rate_limit.on_response(&config, &response);
 
                 let status = response.status();
+                let headers = response.headers().clone();
+
                 // Handle normal success / failure cases.
                 match response.error_for_status_ref() {
                     // Success.
                     Ok(_response) => {
                         log::trace!("Response {} (retried {} times), parsed result.", status, retries);
                         let value = response.json::<T>().await;
-                        break value.map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, None, Some(status)));
+                        break value.map_err(|e| RiotApiError::new(e, retries, Some(headers), Some(status), None));
                     },
                     // Failure, may or may not be retryable.
                     Err(err) => {
@@ -110,7 +112,23 @@ impl RegionalRequester {
                             && !status.is_server_error())
                         {
                             log::debug!("Response {} (retried {} times), returning.", status, retries);
-                            break Err(RiotApiError::new(err, retries, Some(response), Some(status)));
+
+                            // Extract the response body from bytes into a String,
+                            // accounting for potentially non-utf-8 characters.
+                            let content = response.bytes().await;
+
+                            break match content {
+                                Ok(bytes) => {
+                                    let body = String::from_utf8_lossy(&bytes).into_owned();
+
+                                    Err(RiotApiError::new(err, retries, Some(headers), Some(status), Some(body)))
+                                }
+                                Err(_inner_err) => {
+                                    // Throw the inner error away and ignore response body parsing
+
+                                    Err(RiotApiError::new(err, retries, Some(headers), Some(status), None))
+                                }
+                            }
                         }
                         log::debug!("Response {} (retried {} times), retrying.", status, retries);
                     },