diff --git a/ci/ci/ci.py b/ci/ci/ci.py
index 1585cf6dc20..8881f09a134 100644
--- a/ci/ci/ci.py
+++ b/ci/ci/ci.py
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ async def on_startup(app):
         raise_for_status=True,
         timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=60))
     app['client_session'] = session
-    app['github_client'] = gh_aiohttp.GitHubAPI(session, 'ci', oauth_token=oauth_token)
+    app['github_client'] = gh_aiohttp.GitHubAPI(
+        aiohttp.ClientSession(
+            timeout=aiohttp.ClientTimeout(total=60)),
+        'ci',
+        oauth_token=oauth_token)
     app['batch_client'] = await BatchClient('ci', session=session)
 
     with open('/ci-user-secret/sql-config.json', 'r') as f:
diff --git a/ci/ci/github.py b/ci/ci/github.py
index a7f8b68bdb1..539e7f493e1 100644
--- a/ci/ci/github.py
+++ b/ci/ci/github.py
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ async def post_github_status(self, gh_client, gh_status):
         except gidgethub.HTTPException as e:
             log.info(f'{self.short_str()}: notify github of build state failed due to exception: {e}')
         except aiohttp.client_exceptions.ClientResponseError as e:
-            log.error(f'{self.short_str()}: Unexpected exception in post to github: {e}')
+            log.exception(f'{self.short_str()}: Unexpected exception in post to github: {data} {e}')
 
     async def _update_github(self, gh):
         await self._update_last_known_github_status(gh)