diff --git a/common.shrc b/common.shrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e5cabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common.shrc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# Simple cURL wrapper to manage nicely error handling:
+#
+# * In case of success, just read body from stdout
+# * In case of HTTP error (status >= 400), first stderr contains "HTTP status: XXX", then body
+# * In case of other error, just print cURL error on stderr
+#
+# This function requires a temporary file. It's created under ${TEMP_DIR} if defined and not empty.
+# Otherwise, it relies on `mktemp` defaults.
+#
+curl.do() {
+  local rc=0
+
+  local mktemp_opts=( '--suffix=.curl' )
+  [[ -z "${TEMP_DIR}" ]] || mktemp_opts+=( "--tempdir=${TEMP_DIR}" )
+  local curl_body_file=''
+  curl_body_file="$(mktemp "${mktemp_opts[@]}")" || {
+    rc=$?
+    echo "Unable to create temporary file for cURL output"
+    return $rc
+  } >&2
+
+  local curl_opts=(
+    --output "${curl_body_file}"
+    --write-out '%{http_code}'
+    --silent
+    --show-error
+    "$@"
+  )
+  local http_code=''
+  http_code="$(curl "${curl_opts[@]}")" || rc=$?
+
+  (( http_code < 400 )) || {
+    (( rc == 0 )) || rc=1
+    echo "HTTP status: ${http_code}"
+  } >&2
+
+  if [[ $rc == 0 ]]; then
+    cat "${curl_body_file}" || rc=$?
+  else
+    cat "${curl_body_file}" >&2
+  fi
+
+  rm -rf "${curl_body_file}" || {
+    (( rc == 0 )) || rc=1
+    echo "Unable to clear temporary file '${curl_body_file}'"
+  } >&2
+  return $rc
+}
diff --git a/dns_scripts/dns_add_acmedns b/dns_scripts/dns_add_acmedns
index 44f9ab7..b869ed5 100755
--- a/dns_scripts/dns_add_acmedns
+++ b/dns_scripts/dns_add_acmedns
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
+. "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../common.shrc" || {
+  echo "Unable to load shared Bash code"
+  exit 1
+} >&2
+
 # ACMEDNS env variables can be set in a config file at domain level
 acme_config="$DOMAIN_DIR/acme-dns.cfg"
 [ -s "$acme_config" ] && . "$acme_config"
@@ -49,14 +54,12 @@ generate_post_data()
 EOF
 }
 
-resp=$(curl --silent \
+curl.do \
   "${curl_params[@]}" \
   -X POST "${API}" \
-  --data "$(generate_post_data)")
-
-# If adding record failed (returned json includes "error" then print error message
-if [[ "$resp" = *"\"error\""* ]]; then
-  echo "Error: DNS challenge not added: unknown error - ${resp}"
+  --data "$(generate_post_data)" \
+  >/dev/null || {
+  echo 'Error: DNS challenge not added: unknown error'
   exit 1
-fi
+} >&2
 exit 0