diff --git a/backend/blog.go b/backend/blog.go
index 6c86dd7..b0c3962 100644
--- a/backend/blog.go
+++ b/backend/blog.go
@@ -203,8 +203,6 @@ func (h *ApiHandler) ServeBlogPut(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Requ
 		_ = file.Close()
 	}()
 
-	log.Println("creating new blog article ...")
-
 	id, commit, err := h.db.CreateBlogArticle()
 	if err != nil {
 		WriteError(writer, http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to write database", err)
@@ -219,6 +217,12 @@ func (h *ApiHandler) ServeBlogPut(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Requ
 	}
 
 	err = commit(article)
+	if err != nil {
+		WriteError(writer, http.StatusInternalServerError, "failed to write database", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("created new blog article '%s'", article.Title)
 
 	WriteResponse(writer, http.StatusOK, map[string]interface{}{
 		"id": id,