diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 54620c00..e98f44f7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 
 dependencies = [
-  "aleph-sdk-python>=1.0.0,<2",
+  "aleph-sdk-python>=1.0.1,<2",
   "setuptools>=65.5.0",
   "aleph-message>=0.4.9",
   "aiohttp==3.9.5",
diff --git a/src/aleph_client/commands/message.py b/src/aleph_client/commands/message.py
index 9a69c40c..0795b5eb 100644
--- a/src/aleph_client/commands/message.py
+++ b/src/aleph_client/commands/message.py
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@
 from aleph_message.models import AlephMessage, ProgramMessage
 from aleph_message.models.base import MessageType
 from aleph_message.models.item_hash import ItemHash
+from aleph_message.status import MessageStatus
 
 from aleph_client.commands import help_strings
 from aleph_client.commands.utils import (
     colorful_json,
     colorful_message_json,
+    colorized_status,
     input_multiline,
     setup_logging,
     str_to_datetime,
@@ -41,8 +43,13 @@ async def get(
     item_hash: str = typer.Argument(..., help="Item hash of the message"),
 ):
     async with AlephHttpClient(api_server=sdk_settings.API_HOST) as client:
-        message: AlephMessage = await client.get_message(item_hash=ItemHash(item_hash))
-    typer.echo(colorful_message_json(message))
+        message, status = await client.get_message(item_hash=ItemHash(item_hash), with_status=True)
+        typer.echo(f"Message Status: {colorized_status(status)}")
+        if status == MessageStatus.REJECTED:
+            reason = await client.get_message_error(item_hash=ItemHash(item_hash))
+            typer.echo(colorful_json(json.dumps(reason, indent=4)))
+        else:
+            typer.echo(colorful_message_json(message))
 
 
 @app.command()
diff --git a/src/aleph_client/commands/utils.py b/src/aleph_client/commands/utils.py
index 6e716fc9..70c3d8f4 100644
--- a/src/aleph_client/commands/utils.py
+++ b/src/aleph_client/commands/utils.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from aleph.sdk.conf import settings as sdk_settings
 from aleph.sdk.types import GenericMessage
 from aleph_message.models import ItemHash
+from aleph_message.status import MessageStatus
 from pygments import highlight
 from pygments.formatters.terminal256 import Terminal256Formatter
 from pygments.lexers import JsonLexer
@@ -33,6 +34,18 @@ def colorful_json(obj: str):
     )
 
 
+def colorized_status(status: MessageStatus) -> str:
+    """Return a colored status string based on its value."""
+    status_colors = {
+        MessageStatus.REJECTED: typer.colors.RED,
+        MessageStatus.PROCESSED: typer.colors.GREEN,
+        MessageStatus.PENDING: typer.colors.YELLOW,
+        MessageStatus.FORGOTTEN: typer.colors.BRIGHT_BLACK,
+    }
+    color = status_colors.get(status, typer.colors.WHITE)
+    return typer.style(status, fg=color, bold=True)
+
+
 def colorful_message_json(message: GenericMessage):
     """Render a message in JSON with colors."""
     return colorful_json(message.json(sort_keys=True, indent=4))