diff --git a/lib/tasks/say.js b/lib/tasks/say.js
index f1d3ad3b..49a9d8d8 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/say.js
+++ b/lib/tasks/say.js
@@ -193,8 +193,25 @@ class TaskSay extends TtsTask {
               }).catch((err) => this.logger.info({err}, 'Error adding file to cache'));
             }
 
+            function extractResponseCode(evt) {
+              for (const key in evt) {
+                if (key.startsWith('variable_tts_') && key.endsWith('_response_code')) {
+                  return evt[key];
+                }
+              }
+              return 0;
+            }
+
+            const response_code = extractResponseCode(evt);
+
             if (this._playResolve) {
-              evt.variable_tts_error ? this._playReject(new Error(evt.variable_tts_error)) : this._playResolve();
+              //if tts vendor return bad response code or there is variable_tts_error,
+              // say task should reject the promise.
+              (response_code < 200 && response_code > 299 || evt.variable_tts_error) ?
+                this._playReject(
+                  new Error(evt.variable_tts_error ||
+                    `Synthesizing error, received ${evt.variable_tts_whisper_response_code} from vendor ${vendor}`)) :
+                this._playResolve();
             }
           });
           // wait for playback-stop event received to confirm if the playback is successful