diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/capa_base.py b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/capa_base.py
index 0944646079..8320a60520 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/capa_base.py
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/capa_base.py
@@ -441,6 +441,7 @@ class CapaMixin(ScorableXBlockMixin, CapaFields):
         })
 
     def handle_fatal_lcp_error(self, error):
+        log.exception(u"LcpFatalError Encountered for {block}".format(block=str(self.location)))
         if error:
             return(
                 HTML(u'<p>Error formatting HTML for problem:</p><p><pre style="color:red">{msg}</pre></p>').format(