    // Decode query result to a utf8 string
    let result_str = std::str::from_utf8(&response);

    // Log if there's an error
    if result_str.is_err() {
        log::error!("unable to decode result from bytes: {:#x?}", response);
    }

    // Wrap error with a better message, and return Result
    result_str
        .map_err(|e| {
            err_msg(&format!(