diff --git a/src/curl_wrapper.cpp b/src/curl_wrapper.cpp
index cc08910..050aed5 100644
--- a/src/curl_wrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/curl_wrapper.cpp
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ string CURLWrapper::make_http_request(http_method method, string_view uri)
         }
     }
 
-    long http_status; // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
+    long http_status{0}; // NOLINT(google-runtime-int)
     // NOLINTNEXTLINE(cppcoreguidelines-pro-type-vararg)
-    curl_easy_getinfo(_connection, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_status);
+    check(curl_easy_getinfo(_connection, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE, &http_status));
     // status code is in http_status, headers are in _buffer_headers, body is in
     // _buffer_body.
     // TODO: Communicate the above.