diff --git a/.changeset/fast-taxis-behave.md b/.changeset/fast-taxis-behave.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb73a09d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fast-taxis-behave.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@osdk/foundry-sdk-generator": patch
+---
+
+Better error handling around server errors when getting ontology metadata
diff --git a/packages/foundry-sdk-generator/src/ontologyMetadata/ontologyMetadataResolver.ts b/packages/foundry-sdk-generator/src/ontologyMetadata/ontologyMetadataResolver.ts
index b0491edba..3430f89e1 100644
--- a/packages/foundry-sdk-generator/src/ontologyMetadata/ontologyMetadataResolver.ts
+++ b/packages/foundry-sdk-generator/src/ontologyMetadata/ontologyMetadataResolver.ts
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ export class OntologyMetadataResolver {
       ontology.apiName,
     );
 
+    if ((ontologyFullMetadata as any).errorName != null) {
+      return Result.err([
+        `Unable to load the specified Ontology metadata.\n${
+          JSON.stringify(ontologyFullMetadata, null, 2)
+        }`,
+      ]);
+    }
+
     const linkTypes = new Map<string, Set<string>>();
     const objectTypes = new Set(
       entities.objectTypesApiNamesToLoad?.map(object => object.toLowerCase()),