diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/cluster/service/SchemaRegistryService.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/cluster/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
index 0d760ce195..3d25f80cd8 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/cluster/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/cluster/service/SchemaRegistryService.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.BodyInserters;
+import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.ClientResponse;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
@@ -78,12 +79,16 @@ public class SchemaRegistryService {
 
     public Mono<ResponseEntity<SchemaSubject>> createNewSubject(String clusterName, String subjectSchema, Mono<NewSchemaSubject> newSchemaSubject) {
         return clustersStorage.getClusterByName(clusterName)
-                .map(cluster -> webClient.post()
-                        .uri(cluster.getSchemaRegistry() + URL_SUBJECT_VERSIONS, subjectSchema)
-                        .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
-                        .body(BodyInserters.fromPublisher(newSchemaSubject, NewSchemaSubject.class))
-                        .retrieve()
-                        .toEntity(SchemaSubject.class))
+                .map(cluster -> {
+                    log.info("Submitting a new subject: {} to Schema Registry: {}", subjectSchema, cluster.getSchemaRegistry());
+                    return webClient.post()
+                            .uri(cluster.getSchemaRegistry() + URL_SUBJECT_VERSIONS, subjectSchema)
+                            .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+                            .body(BodyInserters.fromPublisher(newSchemaSubject, NewSchemaSubject.class))
+                            .retrieve()
+                            .onStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR::equals, ClientResponse::createException)
+                            .toEntity(SchemaSubject.class);
+                })
                 .orElse(Mono.error(new NotFoundException("No such cluster")));
     }
 }
diff --git a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/rest/MetricsRestController.java b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/rest/MetricsRestController.java
index bba489cec2..c3bde074b6 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/rest/MetricsRestController.java
+++ b/kafka-ui-api/src/main/java/com/provectus/kafka/ui/rest/MetricsRestController.java
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ public class MetricsRestController implements ApiClustersApi {
                                                                @Valid Mono<NewSchemaSubject> newSchemaSubject,
                                                                ServerWebExchange exchange) {
         return schemaRegistryService.createNewSubject(clusterName, schemaName, newSchemaSubject)
-                .onErrorReturn(ResponseEntity.notFound().build());
+                .onErrorReturn(ResponseEntity.badRequest().build());
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/kafka-ui-contract/src/main/resources/swagger/kafka-ui-api.yaml b/kafka-ui-contract/src/main/resources/swagger/kafka-ui-api.yaml
index 8c564cc166..925d1b2594 100644
--- a/kafka-ui-contract/src/main/resources/swagger/kafka-ui-api.yaml
+++ b/kafka-ui-contract/src/main/resources/swagger/kafka-ui-api.yaml
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ paths:
             application/json:
               schema:
                 $ref: '#/components/schemas/SchemaSubject'
+        400:
+          description: Bad request
 
   /api/clusters/{clusterName}/schemas/{schemaName}/versions/{version}:
     get: