diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/DebugLogger.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/DebugLogger.cs
index 8462aeea9f4..3ff9760b04e 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/DebugLogger.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/DebugLogger.cs
@@ -78,6 +78,30 @@ public static void LogInformation(string details)
             }
         }
 
+        public static void LogError(string details)
+        {
+            if (null != logger)
+            {
+                logger.LogError(details);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                System.Console.WriteLine(details);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void LogError(int statusCode, Exception e)
+        {
+            var details = statusCode.ToString() + Environment.NewLine + e.Message + Environment.NewLine + e.StackTrace;
+            if (null != logger)
+            {
+                logger.LogError(details);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                System.Console.WriteLine(details);
+            }
+        }
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Simple access to the logging api. Accepts a simple message (preformatted) and logs to debug logger.
diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
index 86b3f04a512..8b567512be9 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/HttpExceptionMiddleware.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-using System;
+using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Diagnostics;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
                     Status = e.StatusCode.ToString()
                 };
 
-                DebugLogger.LogInformation(e.Message);
+                DebugLogger.LogError(e.Message);
 
                 var body = JsonSerializer.Serialize(bodyObj);
                 await context.Response.WriteAsync(body);
@@ -79,6 +80,8 @@ public async Task Invoke(HttpContext context)
                 response.Headers.Add("x-request-exception", "true");
                 response.Headers.Add("x-request-exception-error", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(e.Message)));
 
+                DebugLogger.LogError(unexpectedStatusCode, e);
+
                 var bodyObj = new
                 {
                     Message = e.Message,