diff --git a/src/edu/washington/escience/myria/util/MyriaUtils.java b/src/edu/washington/escience/myria/util/MyriaUtils.java
index 4c45b844b..0eda4641c 100644
--- a/src/edu/washington/escience/myria/util/MyriaUtils.java
+++ b/src/edu/washington/escience/myria/util/MyriaUtils.java
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ public static ByteBuffer getBlob(final String filename) {
       return ByteBuffer.wrap(IOUtils.toByteArray(is));
 
     } catch (Exception e) {
-      LOGGER.debug(e.getMessage());
+      LOGGER.warn("Error fetching blob from URI " + filename, e);
       return null;
     }
   }