diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/IndexFactoryImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/IndexFactoryImpl.java
index ae78c0feec..d181ba04b9 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/IndexFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/discovery/indexobject/IndexFactoryImpl.java
@@ -73,7 +73,12 @@ public abstract class IndexFactoryImpl<T extends IndexableObject, S> implements
     @Override
     public void writeDocument(Context context, T indexableObject, SolrInputDocument solrInputDocument)
             throws SQLException, IOException, SolrServerException {
-        writeDocument(solrInputDocument, null);
+        try {
+            writeDocument(solrInputDocument, null);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.error("Error occurred while writing SOLR document for {} object {}",
+                      indexableObject.getType(), indexableObject.getID(), e);
+        }
     }
 
     /**