diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/xmlworkflow/XmlWorkflowFactoryImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/xmlworkflow/XmlWorkflowFactoryImpl.java
index a938e9902a..000b37a54e 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/xmlworkflow/XmlWorkflowFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/xmlworkflow/XmlWorkflowFactoryImpl.java
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ public class XmlWorkflowFactoryImpl implements XmlWorkflowFactory {
             Workflow defaultWorkflow = this.getDefaultWorkflow();
             return (defaultWorkflow.getID().equalsIgnoreCase(workflowName));
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.error("Error while trying to check if " + workflowName + " is the default workflow");
+            log.error("Error while trying to check if " + workflowName + " is the default workflow", e);
             throw new WorkflowConfigurationException("Error while trying to check if " + workflowName
                     + " is the default workflow");
         }
diff --git a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/WorkflowDefinitionConverter.java b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/WorkflowDefinitionConverter.java
index 52f897bfd5..c1ec2673a9 100644
--- a/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/WorkflowDefinitionConverter.java
+++ b/dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/WorkflowDefinitionConverter.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class WorkflowDefinitionConverter implements DSpaceConverter<Workflow, Wo
         try {
             restModel.setIsDefault(xmlWorkflowFactory.isDefaultWorkflow(modelObject.getID()));
         } catch (WorkflowConfigurationException e) {
-            log.error("Error while trying to check if " + modelObject.getID() + " is the default workflow");
+            log.error("Error while trying to check if " + modelObject.getID() + " is the default workflow", e);
         }
         return restModel;
     }