diff --git a/src/containers/ftp/ftp.rb b/src/containers/ftp/ftp.rb
index e0cd14f..4b4439f 100755
--- a/src/containers/ftp/ftp.rb
+++ b/src/containers/ftp/ftp.rb
@@ -112,13 +112,12 @@
     output: task_result.to_json
   })
 rescue => e
-  puts e.class.name
-  puts e.message
   puts e.backtrace
 
   logger.debug(JSON.dump({
-    msg: "Copying state machine results file for error",
-    bucket_name: bucket,
+    msg: "Sending task failure",
+    error: e.class.name,
+    message: e.message,
     object_key: RESULT_KEY
   }))
   sf.send_task_failure({
diff --git a/src/containers/transcode/transcode.rb b/src/containers/transcode/transcode.rb
index 92b4a1a..632e99d 100644
--- a/src/containers/transcode/transcode.rb
+++ b/src/containers/transcode/transcode.rb
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ def underscore
   puts "Calling FFmpeg"
   puts ffmpeg_cmd
 
-  raise StandardError, "FFmpeg failed" unless system ffmpeg_cmd
+  _ff_stdout, ff_stderr, ff_status = Open3.capture3(ffmpeg_cmd)
+  raise StandardError, "FFmpeg failed" unless ff_status.success?
 
   end_time = Time.now.to_i
   duration = end_time - start_time
@@ -116,11 +117,11 @@ def underscore
     "-print_format json"
   ].join(" ")
 
-  stdout, _stderr, status = Open3.capture3(ffprobe_cmd)
-  raise StandardError, "FFmpeg probe failed" unless status.success?
+  probe_stdout, probe_stderr, probe_status = Open3.capture3(ffprobe_cmd)
+  raise StandardError, "FFmpeg probe failed" unless probe_status.success?
 
   # Add the probe results for this output to the task result
-  probe_results = JSON.parse(stdout)
+  probe_results = JSON.parse(probe_stdout)
   task_result[:Duration] = probe_results["format"]["duration"].to_f * 1000
   task_result[:Size] = probe_results["format"]["size"].to_i
 
@@ -229,9 +230,11 @@ def underscore
 rescue => e
   puts JSON.dump({msg: "Task failed!", error: e.class.name, cause: e.message})
   puts e.backtrace
+  p ff_stderr
+  p probe_stderr
   sf.send_task_failure({
     task_token: ENV["STATE_MACHINE_TASK_TOKEN"],
     error: e.class.name,
-    cause: e.message
+    cause: [e.message, ff_stderr, probe_stderr].compact.join("\n\n")
   })
 end
diff --git a/state-machine.asl.yml b/state-machine.asl.yml
index d123792..fc63447 100644
--- a/state-machine.asl.yml
+++ b/state-machine.asl.yml
@@ -695,6 +695,10 @@ States:
                   Id.$: "$.Job.Id"
                 Execution:
                   Id.$: "$$.Execution.Id"
+                # $.Error will exist when a state takes the Catch path (because
+                # of `ResultPath: "$.Error"`) and will generally be an object
+                # like:
+                # { Error: "SomeError", Cause: "Something went wrong" }
                 Error.$: "$.Error"
           ResultPath: "$.Void" # The output of the iterator states is discarded
           OutputPath: "$.Task"