diff --git a/frontend/sync-assets.js b/frontend/sync-assets.js
index 447557a51..f0797b563 100644
--- a/frontend/sync-assets.js
+++ b/frontend/sync-assets.js
@@ -80,9 +80,9 @@ const downloadFile = (filePath, url) => {
   }
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    https.get(url, (response) => {
+    https.get(url, { headers: { 'user-agent': 'node.js' } }, (response) => {
       if (response.statusCode < 200 || response.statusCode > 299) {
-        reject(new Error(`HTTP Error ${response.statusCode} while fetching '${filePath}'`));
+        reject(new Error(`HTTP Error ${response.statusCode} while fetching '${url}' (destination '${filePath}')`));
         return;
       }