diff --git a/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py b/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py
index 7e3cf6ba4..81f3c7f46 100644
--- a/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py
+++ b/app/clients/cbc_proxy.py
@@ -52,12 +52,17 @@ class CBCProxyClient:
             'description': description,
         }), encoding='utf8')
 
-        self._ld_client.invoke(
+        result = self._ld_client.invoke(
             FunctionName='bt-ee-1-proxy',
             InvocationType='RequestResponse',
             Payload=payload_bytes,
         )
-        pass
+
+        if result['StatusCode'] > 299:
+            raise Exception('Could not invoke lambda')
+
+        if 'FunctionError' in result:
+            raise Exception('Function exited with unhandled exception')
 
     # We have not implementated updating a broadcast
     def update_and_send_broadcast(
diff --git a/tests/app/clients/test_cbc_proxy.py b/tests/app/clients/test_cbc_proxy.py
index bc8fe429f..123c1c4ea 100644
--- a/tests/app/clients/test_cbc_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/app/clients/test_cbc_proxy.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ def test_cbc_proxy_ld_client_has_correct_keys(cbc_proxy):
     assert secret == 'cbc-proxy-aws-secret-access-key'
 
 
+
 def test_cbc_proxy_create_and_send_invokes_function(mocker, cbc_proxy):
     identifier = 'my-identifier'
     headline = 'my-headline'
@@ -40,6 +41,10 @@ def test_cbc_proxy_create_and_send_invokes_function(mocker, cbc_proxy):
         create=True,
     )
 
+    ld_client_mock.invoke.return_value = {
+        'StatusCode': 200,
+    }
+
     cbc_proxy.create_and_send_broadcast(
         identifier=identifier,
         headline=headline,