diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
index ab32a000..237224b5 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/deviantart.py
@@ -974,11 +974,12 @@ class DeviantartAPI():
 
         auth = (self.client_id, self.client_secret)
         response = self.extractor.request(
-            url, method="POST", data=data, auth=auth)
+            url, method="POST", data=data, auth=auth, fatal=False)
         data = response.json()
 
         if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise exception.AuthenticationError('"{} ({})"'.format(
+            self.log.debug("Server response: %s", data)
+            raise exception.AuthenticationError('"{}" ({})'.format(
                 data.get("error_description"), data.get("error")))
         if refresh_token:
             _refresh_token_cache.update(refresh_token, data["refresh_token"])
diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
index 9c283de1..ecce0032 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/reddit.py
@@ -259,12 +259,17 @@ class RedditAPI():
             data = {"grant_type": ("https://oauth.reddit.com/"
                                    "grants/installed_client"),
                     "device_id": "DO_NOT_TRACK_THIS_DEVICE"}
+
+        auth = (self.client_id, "")
         response = self.extractor.request(
-            url, method="POST", data=data, auth=(self.client_id, ""))
+            url, method="POST", data=data, auth=auth, fatal=False)
+        data = response.json()
+
         if response.status_code != 200:
-            raise exception.AuthenticationError('"{} ({})"'.format(
-                response.json().get("message"), response.status_code))
-        return "Bearer " + response.json()["access_token"]
+            self.log.debug("Server response: %s", data)
+            raise exception.AuthenticationError('"{}: {}"'.format(
+                data.get("error"), data.get("message")))
+        return "Bearer " + data["access_token"]
 
     def _call(self, endpoint, params):
         url = "https://oauth.reddit.com" + endpoint