diff --git a/src/github.com/otoolep/rqlite/server/server.go b/src/github.com/otoolep/rqlite/server/server.go
index f5ed685f..1cb821c3 100644
--- a/src/github.com/otoolep/rqlite/server/server.go
+++ b/src/github.com/otoolep/rqlite/server/server.go
@@ -22,6 +22,30 @@ import (
 	log "code.google.com/p/log4go"
 )
 
+type FailedSqlStmt struct {
+	Sql   string `json:"sql"`
+	Error string `json:"error"`
+}
+
+type WriteResponse struct {
+	Time     string          `json:"time"`
+	Failures []FailedSqlStmt `json:"failures"`
+}
+
+// The raftd server is a combination of the Raft server and an HTTP
+// server which acts as the transport.
+type Server struct {
+	name       string
+	host       string
+	port       int
+	path       string
+	router     *mux.Router
+	raftServer raft.Server
+	httpServer *http.Server
+	db         *db.DB
+	mutex      sync.RWMutex
+}
+
 // queryParam returns whether the given query param is set to true.
 func queryParam(req *http.Request, param string) (bool, error) {
 	err := req.ParseForm()
@@ -45,26 +69,6 @@ func isTransaction(req *http.Request) (bool, error) {
 	return queryParam(req, "transaction")
 }
 
-type WriteResponse struct {
-	Time    string
-	Success int
-	Fail    int
-}
-
-// The raftd server is a combination of the Raft server and an HTTP
-// server which acts as the transport.
-type Server struct {
-	name       string
-	host       string
-	port       int
-	path       string
-	router     *mux.Router
-	raftServer raft.Server
-	httpServer *http.Server
-	db         *db.DB
-	mutex      sync.RWMutex
-}
-
 // Creates a new server.
 func New(dataDir string, dbfile string, host string, port int) *Server {
 	s := &Server{
@@ -226,8 +230,7 @@ func (s *Server) readHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 func (s *Server) writeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	log.Trace("writeHandler for URL: %s", req.URL)
 
-	var nSuccess int
-	var nFail int
+	var failures = make([]FailedSqlStmt, 0)
 	var startTime time.Time
 
 	// Read the value from the POST body.
@@ -242,40 +245,35 @@ func (s *Server) writeHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		stmts = stmts[:len(stmts)-1]
 	}
 
-	// Execute the command against the Raft server.
-	startTime = time.Now()
-	switch {
-	case len(stmts) == 0:
+	log.Trace("Execute statement contains %d commands", len(stmts))
+	if len(stmts) == 0 {
 		log.Trace("No database execute commands supplied")
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
-	case len(stmts) == 1:
-		log.Trace("Single statment, implicit transaction")
-		_, err = s.raftServer.Do(command.NewWriteCommand(stmts[0]))
+	}
+
+	startTime = time.Now()
+	transaction, _ := isTransaction(req)
+	if transaction {
+		log.Trace("Transaction requested")
+		_, err = s.raftServer.Do(command.NewTransactionWriteCommandSet(stmts))
 		if err != nil {
-			nFail++
-		} else {
-			nSuccess++
+			failures = append(failures, FailedSqlStmt{stmts[0], err.Error()})
+			log.Trace("Transaction failed: %s", err.Error())
 		}
-	case len(stmts) > 1:
-		log.Trace("Multistatement, transaction possible")
-		transaction, _ := isTransaction(req)
-		if transaction {
-			log.Trace("Transaction requested")
-			_, err = s.raftServer.Do(command.NewTransactionWriteCommandSet(stmts))
+	} else {
+		log.Trace("No transaction requested")
+		for i := range stmts {
+			_, err = s.raftServer.Do(command.NewWriteCommand(stmts[i]))
 			if err != nil {
-				nFail++
-			} else {
-				nSuccess++
+				log.Trace("Execute statement %s failed: %s", stmts[i], err.Error())
+				failures = append(failures, FailedSqlStmt{stmts[i], err.Error()})
 			}
-		} else {
-			log.Trace("No transaction requested")
-			// Do each individually, returning JSON respoonse
 		}
 	}
 	duration := time.Since(startTime)
 
-	wr := WriteResponse{Time: duration.String(), Success: nSuccess, Fail: nFail}
+	wr := WriteResponse{Time: duration.String(), Failures: failures}
 	pretty, _ := isPretty(req)
 	if pretty {
 		b, err = json.MarshalIndent(wr, "", "    ")