diff --git a/.changeset/rotten-lemons-wash.md b/.changeset/rotten-lemons-wash.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3307fbfa1e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rotten-lemons-wash.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@graphql-codegen/cli": patch
+---
+
+fix(ci): regression on error output
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/codegen.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/codegen.ts
index 5bf73432b6f..f04deb01c0c 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/codegen.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/codegen.ts
@@ -404,6 +404,11 @@ export async function executeCodegen(input: CodegenContext | Types.Config): Prom
   // Running tasks doesn't throw anything
   const executedContext = await tasks.run();
 
+  if (config.debug) {
+    // if we have debug logs, make sure to print them before throwing the errors
+    printLogs();
+  }
+
   if (executedContext.errors.length > 0) {
     const errors = executedContext.errors.map(subErr =>
       isDetailedError(subErr)
@@ -416,9 +421,5 @@ export async function executeCodegen(input: CodegenContext | Types.Config): Prom
     throw newErr;
   }
 
-  if (config.debug) {
-    printLogs();
-  }
-
   return result;
 }
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/load.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/load.ts
index ddc166bd5b2..f0e56edd1c1 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/load.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/src/load.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import {
   loadDocuments as loadDocumentsToolkit,
   UnnormalizedTypeDefPointer,
 } from '@graphql-tools/load';
-import { DetailedError, Types } from '@graphql-codegen/plugin-helpers';
+import { Types } from '@graphql-codegen/plugin-helpers';
 import { GraphQLSchema } from 'graphql';
 import { CodeFileLoader } from '@graphql-tools/code-file-loader';
 import { GitLoader } from '@graphql-tools/git-loader';
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ export async function loadSchema(
     });
     return schema;
   } catch (e) {
-    throw new DetailedError(
-      'Failed to load schema',
+    throw new Error(
       `
         Failed to load schema from ${Object.keys(schemaPointers).join(',')}:
 
diff --git a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/codegen.spec.ts b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/codegen.spec.ts
index 127a24d9688..24ced0dd6c3 100644
--- a/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/codegen.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/graphql-codegen-cli/tests/codegen.spec.ts
@@ -1065,7 +1065,7 @@ describe('Codegen Executor', () => {
         },
       });
     } catch (error) {
-      expect(error.message).toContain('Failed to load schema for "out1.graphql"');
+      expect(error.message).toContain('Failed to load schema from');
     }
   });