diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CaseDbConnectionInfo.java b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CaseDbConnectionInfo.java
index 1e0dec7205abdc0b8e8d14adf3c49a36a9da2aa2..af8e38b9982b51989cfa6066f06a772693b13b91 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CaseDbConnectionInfo.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/sleuthkit/datamodel/CaseDbConnectionInfo.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public boolean canConnect() {
 					break;
 			}
 		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			logger.log(Level.INFO, "Bad permissions or bad database connection string."); //NON-NLS
+			logger.log(Level.INFO, "Bad permissions or bad database connection string", ex); //NON-NLS
 			commsEstablished = false;
 		}
 		return commsEstablished;