diff --git a/src/v0/destinations/delighted/util.js b/src/v0/destinations/delighted/util.js
index 49ec77f314..e976f03a3a 100644
--- a/src/v0/destinations/delighted/util.js
+++ b/src/v0/destinations/delighted/util.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ const isValidUserIdOrError = (channel, userId) => {
  * @returns
  */
 const getErrorStatus = (status) => {
-  let errStatus = status;
+  let errStatus;
   switch (status) {
     case 422:
     case 401:
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const getErrorStatus = (status) => {
       errStatus = 500;
       break;
     default:
-      errStatus = 400;
+      errStatus = status;
   }
   return errStatus;
 };
diff --git a/test/integrations/destinations/delighted/processor/data.ts b/test/integrations/destinations/delighted/processor/data.ts
index 20b77aa7ab..225f7ef991 100644
--- a/test/integrations/destinations/delighted/processor/data.ts
+++ b/test/integrations/destinations/delighted/processor/data.ts
@@ -1022,12 +1022,12 @@ export const data = [
             statTags: {
               destType: 'DELIGHTED',
               errorCategory: 'network',
-              errorType: 'aborted',
+              errorType: 'throttled',
               feature: 'processor',
               implementation: 'native',
               module: 'destination',
             },
-            statusCode: 400,
+            statusCode: 429,
           },
         ],
       },