diff --git a/cron/scripts/ext_api_sync/uba_api_sync.py b/cron/scripts/ext_api_sync/uba_api_sync.py
index fcbe3a45e5c9997d2355977edd1316022c32e854..55b40770e17d6e4c968d517fa0f7566e5711b6c8 100644
--- a/cron/scripts/ext_api_sync/uba_api_sync.py
+++ b/cron/scripts/ext_api_sync/uba_api_sync.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import os
 import logging
 import json
 import click
+import mqtt
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
@@ -248,19 +249,21 @@ def main(thing_uuid, parameters, target_uri):
     parsed_measure_data = parse_measure_data(measure_data, params["station_id"])
     parsed_aqi_data = parse_aqi_data(aqi_data, params["station_id"])
     parsed_observations = {"observations": parsed_measure_data + parsed_aqi_data}
-    req = requests.post(
+    resp = requests.post(
         f"{api_base_url}/observations/upsert/{thing_uuid}",
         json=parsed_observations,
         headers={"Content-type": "application/json"},
     )
-    if req.status_code == 201:
-        logging.info(
-            f"Successfully inserted {len(parsed_observations['observations'])} "
-            f"observations for thing {thing_uuid} from UBA API into TimeIO DB"
-        )
-    else:
-        logging.error(f"{req.text}")
+    if resp.status_code != 201:
+        logging.error(f"{resp.text}")
+        resp.raise_for_status()
+        # exit
 
+    logging.info(
+        f"Successfully inserted {len(parsed_observations['observations'])} "
+        f"observations for thing {thing_uuid} from UBA API into TimeIO DB"
+    )
+    mqtt.send_mqtt_info("data_parsed", json.dumps({"thing_uuid": thing_uuid}))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()