diff --git a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/AsynchronousTaskExecutor.java b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/AsynchronousTaskExecutor.java
index 5f9a0f961f..7ab78ac715 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/AsynchronousTaskExecutor.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/AsynchronousTaskExecutor.java
@@ -29,9 +29,10 @@
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Name;
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.Scope;
 import org.jboss.seam.annotations.async.Asynchronous;
-import org.jboss.seam.security.Identity;
 import org.jboss.seam.security.RunAsOperation;
 
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
 /**
  * This class executes a Runnable Process asynchronously. Do not use this class directly.
  * Use {@link org.zanata.async.TaskExecutor} instead as this is just a wrapper to make sure
@@ -43,10 +44,12 @@
 @Name("asynchronousTaskExecutor")
 @Scope(ScopeType.STATELESS)
 @AutoCreate
+@Slf4j
 public class AsynchronousTaskExecutor
 {
    @Asynchronous
-   public <V, H extends AsyncTaskHandle<V>> void runAsynchronously(final AsyncTask<V, H> task, final Identity runAs)
+   public <V, H extends AsyncTaskHandle<V>> void runAsynchronously(final AsyncTask<V, H> task, final Principal runAsPpal,
+                                                                   final Subject runAsSubject)
    {
       AsyncUtils.outject(task.getHandle(), ScopeType.EVENT);
 
@@ -63,19 +66,20 @@ public void execute()
             catch (Exception t)
             {
                task.getHandle().setException(t);
+               AsynchronousTaskExecutor.log.error("Exception when executing an asynchronous task.", t);
             }
          }
 
          @Override
          public Principal getPrincipal()
          {
-            return runAs.getPrincipal();
+            return runAsPpal;
          }
 
          @Override
          public Subject getSubject()
          {
-            return runAs.getSubject();
+            return runAsSubject;
          }
       };
 
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/TaskExecutor.java b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/TaskExecutor.java
index 0275ce0e18..2665be5dd1 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/TaskExecutor.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/async/TaskExecutor.java
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public <V, H extends AsyncTaskHandle<V>> AsyncTaskHandle<V> startTask(AsyncTask<
          throw new RuntimeException("An Asynchronous task should always return a non-null handle");
       }
 
-      asynchronousTaskExecutor.runAsynchronously(task, Identity.instance());
+      Identity identity = Identity.instance();
+      asynchronousTaskExecutor.runAsynchronously(task, identity.getPrincipal(), identity.getSubject());
       return handle;
    }
 
diff --git a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/AsynchronousProcessResourceService.java b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/AsynchronousProcessResourceService.java
index 29f0ff6f6a..168d5a4f25 100644
--- a/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/AsynchronousProcessResourceService.java
+++ b/zanata-war/src/main/java/org/zanata/rest/service/AsynchronousProcessResourceService.java
@@ -252,11 +252,13 @@ public ProcessStatus getProcessStatus(@PathParam("processId") String processId)
          catch (InterruptedException e)
          {
             // The process was forcefully cancelled
+            status.setStatusCode(ProcessStatusCode.Failed);
             status.setMessages(Lists.newArrayList(e.getMessage()));
          }
          catch (ExecutionException e)
          {
             // Exception thrown while running the task
+            status.setStatusCode(ProcessStatusCode.Failed);
             status.setMessages(Lists.newArrayList(e.getCause().getMessage()));
          }