diff --git a/components/RecordForm/RecordForm.jsx b/components/RecordForm/RecordForm.jsx
index a948310..300dd4e 100644
--- a/components/RecordForm/RecordForm.jsx
+++ b/components/RecordForm/RecordForm.jsx
@@ -95,14 +95,14 @@ export function RecordForm() {
                     toast({
                       title: "Record saved",
                       status: "success",
-                      duration: 4000,
+                      duration: 3000,
                     });
                   } catch (error) {
                     toast({
                       title: "Error saving record",
                       description: error.message,
                       status: "error",
-                      duration: 4000,
+                      isClosable: true,
                     });
                   }
                 })}
diff --git a/serverActions/appendRecord.js b/serverActions/appendRecord.js
index f41a423..e9ac250 100644
--- a/serverActions/appendRecord.js
+++ b/serverActions/appendRecord.js
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export async function appendRecord(formData) {
     )
   );
 
-  const record = new Record({
+  const record = await new Record({
     date: Date.now(),
     quotes: await getQuotes({ baseCurrencies, recordCurrencies }),
     institutions: recordInstitutions,
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ export async function appendRecord(formData) {
   try {
     await connect();
     await record.save();
-    console.log("Document saved to db");
+    console.info("record saved to db");
   } catch (error) {
-    throw new Error("Error saving document:", error.message);
+    throw new Error(`Error saving data to database: ${error.message}`);
   }
 }
diff --git a/serverActions/getQuotes.js b/serverActions/getQuotes.js
index f74c96d..3139acc 100644
--- a/serverActions/getQuotes.js
+++ b/serverActions/getQuotes.js
@@ -13,16 +13,20 @@ export async function getQuotes({ baseCurrencies, recordCurrencies }) {
   );
 
   async function fetchQuotes(fetchUrls) {
-    try {
-      const promises = fetchUrls.map((url) => fetch(url));
-      const responses = await Promise.all(promises);
-      const data = await Promise.all(
-        responses.map((response) => response.json())
-      );
-      return data;
-    } catch (error) {
-      console.error(error);
-    }
+    const promises = await fetchUrls.map(async (url) => fetch(url));
+
+    const responses = await Promise.all(promises);
+    const data = await Promise.all(
+      responses.map(async (response) => {
+        if (!response.ok) {
+          throw new Error(
+            `Quotes API request failed with status ${response.status}. Url: ${response.url}`
+          );
+        }
+        return await response.json();
+      })
+    );
+    return data;
   }
 
   const quotes = (await fetchQuotes(fetchUrls))