diff --git a/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php b/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
index 974f26fa38122..0816719b8cfae 100644
--- a/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
+++ b/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ public static function printExceptionErrorPage($exception, $statusCode = 503) {
 			print("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.\n");
 			print("Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.\n");
 			print("More details can be found in the server log.\n");
+
+			// and then throw it again to log it at least to the web server error log
+			throw $e;
 		}
 		die();
 	}