diff --git a/readthedocs/settings/base.py b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
index e048b73e114..8345c214488 100644
--- a/readthedocs/settings/base.py
+++ b/readthedocs/settings/base.py
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
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         },
         'django.request': {
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+            'handlers': ['exceptionlog'],
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         },