diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 05b9d49..1f1fcdc 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -95448,8 +95448,9 @@ exports.HTTPError = HTTPError;
 const ensureStatus = (expectedStatus) => {
     return (response) => {
         if (response.status !== expectedStatus) {
+            const e = response.text();
             throw new HTTPError({
-                message: `Error fetching ${response.url} - expected ${expectedStatus}, received ${response.status}`,
+                message: `Error fetching ${response.url} - expected ${expectedStatus}, received ${response.status}: ${e}`,
                 status: response.status,
             });
         }
@@ -95603,13 +95604,7 @@ const error_1 = __nccwpck_require__(34031);
 const registry_1 = __nccwpck_require__(26198);
 const DOCKER_DEFAULT_REGISTRY = 'registry-1.docker.io';
 const EMPTY_BLOB = Buffer.from('{}');
-const ALT_EMPTY_BLOB = Buffer.from('');
-const EMPTY_DESCRIPTOR = {
-    mediaType: constants_1.CONTENT_TYPE_EMPTY_DESCRIPTOR,
-    digest: 'sha256:44136fa355b3678a1146ad16f7e8649e94fb4fc21fe77e8310c060f61caaff8a',
-    size: 2,
-    data: 'e30=',
-};
+const ALT_EMPTY_BLOB = Buffer.from('{ }');
 class OCIImage {
     constructor(image, creds, opts) {
         _OCIImage_instances.add(this);
@@ -95633,12 +95628,15 @@ class OCIImage {
             // Upload the artifact blob
             const artifactBlob = await __classPrivateFieldGet(this, _OCIImage_client, "f").uploadBlob(opts.artifact);
             // Upload the empty blob (needed for the manifest config)
-            // const emptyBlob = await this.#client.uploadBlob(ALT_EMPTY_BLOB);
+            const emptyBlob = await __classPrivateFieldGet(this, _OCIImage_client, "f").uploadBlob(ALT_EMPTY_BLOB);
             // Construct artifact manifest
             const manifest = buildManifest({
                 artifactDescriptor: { ...artifactBlob, mediaType: opts.mediaType },
                 subjectDescriptor: imageDescriptor,
-                configDescriptor: EMPTY_DESCRIPTOR,
+                configDescriptor: {
+                    ...emptyBlob,
+                    mediaType: constants_1.CONTENT_TYPE_EMPTY_DESCRIPTOR,
+                },
                 annotations,
             });
             // Upload artifact manifest
@@ -96023,7 +96021,13 @@ class RegistryClient {
         if (options.etag) {
             headers[constants_1.HEADER_IF_MATCH] = options.etag;
         }
-        const response = await __classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_fetch, "f").call(this, `${__classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_baseURL, "f")}/v2/${__classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_repository, "f")}/manifests/${reference}`, { method: 'PUT', body: manifest, headers }).then((0, error_1.ensureStatus)(201));
+        const response = await __classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_fetch, "f").call(this, `${__classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_baseURL, "f")}/v2/${__classPrivateFieldGet(this, _RegistryClient_repository, "f")}/manifests/${reference}`, { method: 'PUT', body: manifest, headers })
+            .then(async (r) => {
+            const e = await r.text();
+            proc_log_1.log.http('message', e);
+            return r;
+        })
+            .then((0, error_1.ensureStatus)(201));
         const subjectDigest = response.headers.get(constants_1.HEADER_OCI_SUBJECT) || undefined;
         return {
             mediaType: contentType,