diff --git a/d2m/actions/create-space.js b/d2m/actions/create-space.js
index b86b3d67..0439496d 100644
--- a/d2m/actions/create-space.js
+++ b/d2m/actions/create-space.js
@@ -219,7 +219,13 @@ async function syncSpaceExpressions(data, checkBeforeSync) {
 		if (!(key in data) || !data[key].length) return
 		const content = await fn(data[key])
 		if (checkBeforeSync) {
-			const existing = await api.getStateEvent(spaceID, "im.ponies.room_emotes", eventKey)
+			let existing
+			try {
+				existing = await api.getStateEvent(spaceID, "im.ponies.room_emotes", eventKey)
+			} catch (e) {
+				// State event not found. This space doesn't have any existing emojis. We create a dummy empty event for comparison's sake.
+				existing = fn([])
+			}
 			if (deepEqual(existing, content, {strict: true})) return
 		}
 		api.sendState(spaceID, "im.ponies.room_emotes", eventKey, content)
diff --git a/matrix/mreq.js b/matrix/mreq.js
index 4291ede8..0bd75050 100644
--- a/matrix/mreq.js
+++ b/matrix/mreq.js
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async function mreq(method, url, body, extra = {}) {
 	const res = await fetch(baseUrl + url, opts)
 	const root = await res.json()
 
-	if (!res.ok || root.errcode) throw new MatrixServerError(root, opts)
+	if (!res.ok || root.errcode) throw new MatrixServerError(root, {baseUrl, url, ...opts})
 	return root
 }