diff --git a/Controllers/AsusAuraUSBController/AsusAuraUSBControllerDetect.cpp b/Controllers/AsusAuraUSBController/AsusAuraUSBControllerDetect.cpp
index 3e47e665..7d409d9e 100644
--- a/Controllers/AsusAuraUSBController/AsusAuraUSBControllerDetect.cpp
+++ b/Controllers/AsusAuraUSBController/AsusAuraUSBControllerDetect.cpp
@@ -130,9 +130,10 @@ void DetectAsusAuraUSBMotherboards(hid_device_info* info, const std::string& /*n
             rgb_controller->name = "ASUS " + dmi.getMainboard();
             ResourceManager::get()->RegisterRGBController(rgb_controller);
         }
-        catch(std::runtime_error&)
+        catch(const std::runtime_error& ex)
         {
             // reading the config table failed
+            LOG_ERROR("[AsusAuraUSB] An error occured while reading the config table: %s", ex.what());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueController.cpp b/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueController.cpp
index edd6960b..4faf78c4 100644
--- a/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueController.cpp
+++ b/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueController.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 \*---------------------------------------------------------*/
 
 #include "PhilipsHueController.h"
+#include "LogManager.h"
 
 PhilipsHueController::PhilipsHueController(hueplusplus::Light light_ptr, std::string bridge_ip):light(light_ptr)
 {
@@ -57,9 +58,9 @@ void PhilipsHueController::SetColor(unsigned char red, unsigned char green, unsi
             {
                 light.setColorRGB(rgb, 0);
             }
-            catch(std::exception& e)
+            catch(const std::exception& e)
             {
-
+                LOG_ERROR("[PhilipsHueController] An error occured while setting the colors: %s", e.what());
             }
         }
 
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ void PhilipsHueController::SetColor(unsigned char red, unsigned char green, unsi
         }
         catch(std::exception& e)
         {
-            
+            LOG_ERROR("[PhilipsHueController] An error occured while setting the colors: %s", e.what());
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueControllerDetect.cpp b/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueControllerDetect.cpp
index 12b951d2..90df6464 100644
--- a/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueControllerDetect.cpp
+++ b/Controllers/PhilipsHueController/PhilipsHueControllerDetect.cpp
@@ -222,9 +222,9 @@ void DetectPhilipsHueControllers(std::vector<RGBController*>& rgb_controllers)
                 }
             }
         }
-        catch(std::exception &e)
+        catch(const std::exception &e)
         {
-            LOG_INFO("Exception occurred in Philips Hue detection");
+            LOG_INFO("Exception occurred in Philips Hue detection: %s", e.what());
         }
     }
 }   /* DetectPhilipsHueControllers() */
diff --git a/SettingsManager.cpp b/SettingsManager.cpp
index 84b4f204..467009e1 100644
--- a/SettingsManager.cpp
+++ b/SettingsManager.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 \*-----------------------------------------*/
 
 #include "SettingsManager.h"
+#include "LogManager.h"
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
@@ -82,6 +83,8 @@ void SettingsManager::LoadSettings(std::string filename)
             | parsing failed.  Clear out any data in the store  |
             | as it is corrupt.                                 |
             \*-------------------------------------------------*/
+            LOG_ERROR("[SettingsManager] JSON parsing failed: %s", e.what());
+
             settings_data.clear();
         }
     }
@@ -101,7 +104,7 @@ void SettingsManager::SaveSettings()
         }
         catch(const std::exception& e)
         {
-
+            LOG_ERROR("[SettingsManager] Cannot write to file: %s", e.what());
         }
 
         settings_file.close();
diff --git a/qt/OpenRGBPluginsPage/OpenRGBPluginsPage.cpp b/qt/OpenRGBPluginsPage/OpenRGBPluginsPage.cpp
index af1cf25a..cf528e2d 100644
--- a/qt/OpenRGBPluginsPage/OpenRGBPluginsPage.cpp
+++ b/qt/OpenRGBPluginsPage/OpenRGBPluginsPage.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <QGraphicsScene>
 
 #include "filesystem.h"
+#include "LogManager.h"
 #include "OpenRGBPluginsPage.h"
 #include "ui_OpenRGBPluginsPage.h"
 
@@ -144,9 +145,9 @@ bool Ui::OpenRGBPluginsPage::InstallPlugin(std::string install_file)
 
         return true;
     }
-    catch(std::exception& e)
+    catch(const std::exception& e)
     {
-
+        LOG_ERROR("[PluginsManager] Failed to install plugin: %s", e.what());
     }
 
     return false;