diff --git a/src/xrpld/app/rdb/backend/detail/Node.cpp b/src/xrpld/app/rdb/backend/detail/Node.cpp
index b2f14c71ea..d97fbce6f7 100644
--- a/src/xrpld/app/rdb/backend/detail/Node.cpp
+++ b/src/xrpld/app/rdb/backend/detail/Node.cpp
@@ -268,9 +268,9 @@ saveValidatedLedger(
             app.getAcceptedLedgerCache().canonicalizeReplaceClient(ledger->header().hash, aLedger);
         }
     }
-    catch (std::exception const&)
+    catch (std::exception const& e)
     {
-        JLOG(j.warn()) << "An accepted ledger was missing nodes";
+        JLOG(j.warn()) << "An accepted ledger was missing nodes " << e.what();
         app.getLedgerMaster().failedSave(seq, ledger->header().hash);
         // Clients can now trust the database for information about this
         // ledger sequence.