diff --git a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
index af31797b52..9c71b14ecc 100644
--- a/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
+++ b/Core/src/org/sleuthkit/autopsy/textextractors/TextFileExtractor.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public final class TextFileExtractor implements TextExtractor {
             try {
                 fileTypeDetector = new FileTypeDetector();
             } catch (FileTypeDetector.FileTypeDetectorInitException ex) {
-                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to create file type detector for determining MIME type.");
+                logger.log(Level.SEVERE, "Unable to create file type detector for determining MIME type", ex);
                 return false;
             }
             mimeType = fileTypeDetector.getMIMEType(file);