diff --git a/cli/encode-server/encode.go b/cli/encode-server/encode.go
index d526bca..eb90471 100644
--- a/cli/encode-server/encode.go
+++ b/cli/encode-server/encode.go
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ func encodeFromReader(reader io.ReadCloser, job *Job, inputMimeType string, w ht
 
 	decoder, err := d.New(reader, settings)
 	if err != nil {
+		job.Logger.Printf("[error]: %s", err.Error())
 		w.Header().Set("x-encoder-error", "")
 		w.Header().Set("x-decoder-error", err.Error())
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
@@ -96,6 +97,7 @@ func encodeFromReader(reader io.ReadCloser, job *Job, inputMimeType string, w ht
 	job.Logger = log.New(os.Stderr, fmt.Sprintf("[job %s] ", job.Id), log.LstdFlags)
 	err = job.Init(w)
 	if err != nil {
+		job.Logger.Printf("[error]: %s", err.Error())
 		w.Header().Set("x-encoder-error", err.Error())
 		w.Header().Set("x-decoder-error", "")
 		return
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ func encodeFromReader(reader io.ReadCloser, job *Job, inputMimeType string, w ht
 				//we are done
 				break
 			}
+			job.Logger.Printf("[error]: %s", err.Error())
 			w.Header().Set("x-encoder-error", "")
 			w.Header().Set("x-decoder-error", err.Error())
 			return
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ func encodeFromReader(reader io.ReadCloser, job *Job, inputMimeType string, w ht
 
 		err = job.Encoder.Encode(f)
 		if err != nil {
+			job.Logger.Printf("[error]: %s", err.Error())
 			w.Header().Set("x-encoder-error", err.Error())
 			w.Header().Set("x-decoder-error", "")
 			return
@@ -129,6 +133,7 @@ func encodeFromReader(reader io.ReadCloser, job *Job, inputMimeType string, w ht
 
 	err = job.Encoder.Flush()
 	if err != nil {
+		job.Logger.Printf("[error]: %s", err.Error())
 		w.Header().Set("x-encoder-error", err.Error())
 		w.Header().Set("x-decoder-error", "")
 		return