diff --git a/bin/PDBValidationExtract b/bin/PDBValidationExtract
index e829410132b65b03ef25c4f8ff4b6ee48dc0e156..0d8bb0e1e144caf7658d361d468c5d22ab8e6b6a 100755
--- a/bin/PDBValidationExtract
+++ b/bin/PDBValidationExtract
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def processXMLFile(infile, args):
     except AssertionError as e:
         return [], []
     except Exception as e:
-        ost.LogError("Couldn't load validation data for %s" % infile)
+        ost.LogError("Couldn't load validation data for %s: %s" % (infile, str(e)))
         return [], []
     pdbid = doc.getPDBId()