diff --git a/node/node.go b/node/node.go
index c2de2c2927..e1bb402e1b 100644
--- a/node/node.go
+++ b/node/node.go
@@ -450,7 +450,11 @@ func (node *AlgorandFullNode) BroadcastSignedTxn(signed transactions.SignedTxn)
 		return transactions.Txid{}, err
 	}
 
-	node.net.Broadcast(context.TODO(), protocol.TxnTag, protocol.Encode(signed), true, nil)
+	err = node.net.Broadcast(context.TODO(), protocol.TxnTag, protocol.Encode(signed), true, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		node.log.Infof("failure broadcasting transaction to network: %v - transaction was %+v", err, signed)
+		return transactions.Txid{}, err
+	}
 	node.log.Infof("Sent signed tx %s", signed.ID())
 	return signed.ID(), nil
 }