diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/KeycloakClientController.java b/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/KeycloakClientController.java
index 433133f..39002f2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/KeycloakClientController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/KeycloakClientController.java
@@ -87,23 +87,24 @@ public UpdateControl<KeycloakClient> reconcile(KeycloakClient keycloakClient, Co
             keycloakClient.getSpec().getKcConfig().setPassword(new String(password));
         }
 
-        int responseCode = service.createClient(keycloakClient);
+        var response = service.createClient(keycloakClient);
 
-        updateStatusPojo(keycloakClient, responseCode);
+        updateStatusPojo(keycloakClient, response);
         log.info("Resource '{}' reconciled - updating status", keycloakClient.getMetadata().getName());
         return UpdateControl.updateStatus(keycloakClient);
     }
 
-    private void updateStatusPojo(KeycloakClient keycloakClient, int responseCode) {
+    private void updateStatusPojo(KeycloakClient keycloakClient, KeycloakAdminService.CreateClientResponse response) {
         KeycloakClientStatus result = new KeycloakClientStatus();
         KeycloakClientSpec spec = keycloakClient.getSpec();
         result.setClientId(spec.getKcConfig().getClientId());
-        result.setResponseCode(responseCode);
+        result.setResponseCode(response.getStatusCode());
+        result.setMessage(response.getMessage());
         var status = KeycloakClientStatus.Status.UNDEFINED;
-        if (responseCode == 200) {
+        if (response.getStatusCode() == 200) {
             status = KeycloakClientStatus.Status.UPDATED;
         }
-        if (responseCode == 201) {
+        if (response.getStatusCode() == 201) {
             status = KeycloakClientStatus.Status.CREATED;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/service/KeycloakAdminService.java b/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/service/KeycloakAdminService.java
index f686553..34629bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/service/KeycloakAdminService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/tkit/onecx/iam/kc/client/operator/service/KeycloakAdminService.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.control.ActivateRequestContext;
 import jakarta.inject.Inject;
+import jakarta.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.Keycloak;
 import org.keycloak.admin.client.resource.ClientResource;
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ public class KeycloakAdminService {
     KCClientConfig kcClientConfig;
 
     @ActivateRequestContext
-    public int createClient(KeycloakClient keycloakClient) {
+    public CreateClientResponse createClient(KeycloakClient keycloakClient) {
         var spec = keycloakClient.getSpec();
         var clientId = spec.getKcConfig().getClientId();
         var realm = spec.getRealm() != null ? spec.getRealm() : kcClientConfig.realm();
@@ -72,7 +73,7 @@ public int createClient(KeycloakClient keycloakClient) {
         if (clients.isEmpty()) {
             // do create
             try (var resp = keycloak.realm(realm).clients().create(client)) {
-                return resp.getStatus();
+                return CreateClientResponse.of(resp.getStatus(), resp.readEntity(String.class));
             }
         } else {
             // do update
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public int createClient(KeycloakClient keycloakClient) {
             toRemoveOpt.forEach(scope -> removeOptClientScope(clientToUpdate, scope));
             toAddOpt.forEach(scope -> addOptClientScope(clientToUpdate, scope));
 
-            return 200;
+            return CreateClientResponse.of(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode());
         }
     }
 
@@ -258,4 +259,30 @@ private String resolveValue(String value, String defaultValue) {
         return defaultValue;
     }
 
+    public static class CreateClientResponse {
+        private final int statusCode;
+        private final String message;
+
+        public static CreateClientResponse of(int statusCode) {
+            return of(statusCode, null);
+        }
+
+        public static CreateClientResponse of(int statusCode, String message) {
+            return new CreateClientResponse(statusCode, message);
+        }
+
+        private CreateClientResponse(int statusCode, String message) {
+            this.message = message;
+            this.statusCode = statusCode;
+        }
+
+        public int getStatusCode() {
+            return statusCode;
+        }
+
+        public String getMessage() {
+            return message;
+        }
+    }
+
 }