diff --git a/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts b/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
index a3ad441b4..318f894c6 100644
--- a/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
+++ b/src/routes/api/backend_log.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import { readFile  } from "fs/promises";
 import { join } from "path";
 import dateUtils from "../../services/date_utils.js";
 import dataDir from "../../services/data_dir.js";
+import log from "../../services/log.js";
+
 const { LOG_DIR } = dataDir;
 
 async function getBackendLog() {
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ async function getBackendLog() {
         const file = join(LOG_DIR, `trilium-${dateUtils.localNowDate()}.log`);
         return await readFile(file, "utf8");
     } catch (e) {
+        log.error((e instanceof Error) ? e : "Reading the Backend Log failed with an unknown error.");
+
         // most probably the log file does not exist yet - https://github.com/zadam/trilium/issues/1977
         return "";
     }