diff --git a/app/vmbackup/snapshot/snapshot.go b/app/vmbackup/snapshot/snapshot.go
index 63c2d9ce4..199d21114 100644
--- a/app/vmbackup/snapshot/snapshot.go
+++ b/app/vmbackup/snapshot/snapshot.go
@@ -25,16 +25,17 @@ func Create(createSnapshotURL string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	resp, err := http.Get(u.String())
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code returned from %q; expecting %d; got %d; response body: %q", createSnapshotURL, resp.StatusCode, http.StatusOK, body)
+	}
 
 	snap := snapshot{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &snap)
@@ -58,21 +59,21 @@ func Delete(deleteSnapshotURL string, snapshotName string) error {
 	formData := url.Values{
 		"snapshot": {snapshotName},
 	}
-
 	u, err := url.Parse(deleteSnapshotURL)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	resp, err := http.PostForm(u.String(), formData)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code returned from %q; expecting %d; got %d; response body: %q", deleteSnapshotURL, resp.StatusCode, http.StatusOK, body)
+	}
 
 	snap := snapshot{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(body, &snap)