diff --git a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client.go b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client.go
index 1767a39..60a7c71 100644
--- a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client.go
+++ b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client.go
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ func (c *amplitudeHTTPClient) Send(payload AmplitudePayload) AmplitudeResponse {
 		_ = json.Unmarshal(body, &amplitudeResponse)
 	} else {
 		c.logger.Debugf("HTTP response body is not valid JSON: %s", string(body))
-		amplitudeResponse.Code = response.StatusCode
 	}
 
 	amplitudeResponse.Status = response.StatusCode
diff --git a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client_test.go b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client_test.go
index 7590134..fcc2ead 100644
--- a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client_test.go
+++ b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_http_client_test.go
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ func (t *AmplitudeHTTPClientSuiteSuite) TestSend_Empty() {
 
 func (t *AmplitudeHTTPClientSuiteSuite) TestSend_Timeout() {
 	timeout := time.Millisecond * 100
-	server := t.createTestServer(timeout * 2, 200, `{"code": 234, "error": "some server error"}`)
+	server := t.createTestServer(timeout*2, 200, `{"code": 234, "error": "some server error"}`)
 
 	client := internal.NewAmplitudeHTTPClient(
 		server.URL,
@@ -172,7 +172,9 @@ func (t *AmplitudeHTTPClientSuiteSuite) TestSend_NonJsonResponse() {
 
 	t.Require().Equal(internal.AmplitudeResponse{
 		Status: 413,
-		Code:   413,
+		// amplitude_http_client always returns Code:0
+		// if response body cannot be parsed (not json).
+		Code: 0,
 	}, response)
 
 	server.Close()
diff --git a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response.go b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response.go
index bca8832..d7e293c 100644
--- a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response.go
+++ b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response.go
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 type AmplitudeResponse struct {
-	Status int   `json:"-"`
-	Err    error `json:"-"`
-
-	Code  int    `json:"code"`
+	// An HTTP Response Code
+	Status int `json:"-"`
+	// An HTTP Response Err
+	Err error `json:"-"`
+
+	// Code from the Response Body json
+	Code int `json:"code"`
+	// Error from the Response Body json
 	Error string `json:"error"`
 
 	MissingField               string           `json:"missing_field"`
diff --git a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor.go b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor.go
index fe9c8d2..3cef1dc 100644
--- a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor.go
+++ b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor.go
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ type amplitudeResponseProcessor struct {
 func (p *amplitudeResponseProcessor) Process(events []*types.StorageEvent, response AmplitudeResponse) AmplitudeProcessorResult {
 	responseStatus := response.normalizedStatus()
 
+	if response.Code == 0 {
+		response.Code = responseStatus
+	}
+
 	var urlErr *url.Error
 	isURLErr := errors.As(response.Err, &urlErr)
 
diff --git a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor_test.go b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor_test.go
index 6c1deec..b9cc42b 100644
--- a/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor_test.go
+++ b/amplitude/plugins/destination/internal/amplitude_response_processor_test.go
@@ -333,6 +333,83 @@ func (t *AmplitudeResponseProcessorSuite) TestProcessUnknownError_ResponseError(
 	require.Equal(0, len(result.EventsForRetry))
 }
 
+func (t *AmplitudeResponseProcessorSuite) Test_Process_Overrides_Code_Eq_0() {
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name           string
+		httpStatusCode int
+		expectCode     int
+	}{
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:200 - success",
+			httpStatusCode: 200,
+			expectCode:     200,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:299 - success",
+			httpStatusCode: 299,
+			expectCode:     200,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:100 - unexpected, returns -1",
+			httpStatusCode: 100,
+			expectCode:     -1,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:429 - too many requests",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusTooManyRequests,
+			expectCode:     429,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:413 - request entity too large",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusRequestEntityTooLarge,
+			expectCode:     413,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:408 - request timeout",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusRequestTimeout,
+			expectCode:     408,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:400 - bad request",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusBadRequest,
+			expectCode:     400,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:418 - tea pot (and other unhandled 4xx)",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusTeapot,
+			expectCode:     400,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:500 - internal server error",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusInternalServerError,
+			expectCode:     500,
+		},
+		{
+			name:           "StatusCode:502 - bad gateway (and other unhandled 5xx)",
+			httpStatusCode: http.StatusBadGateway,
+			expectCode:     500,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func() {
+			events := t.cloneOriginalEvents()
+			p := internal.NewAmplitudeResponseProcessor(internal.AmplitudeResponseProcessorOptions{
+				Now:    time.Now,
+				Logger: noopLogger{},
+			})
+
+			result := p.Process(events, internal.AmplitudeResponse{
+				Status: tt.httpStatusCode,
+				// processor.Process must override Code=0
+				// with a normalized StatusCode
+				Code: 0,
+			})
+			t.Require().Equal(tt.expectCode, result.Code)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *AmplitudeResponseProcessorSuite) cloneOriginalEvents() []*types.StorageEvent {
 	events := make([]*types.StorageEvent, len(originalEvents))