diff --git a/admin/debugpanel.php b/admin/debugpanel.php
index 006911737..bb5878a33 100644
--- a/admin/debugpanel.php
+++ b/admin/debugpanel.php
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ function html_src_indent($num)
                 echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#myconfig" id="nav-myconfig"><div><span data-i18n="myconfig">myconfig</span></div></a></li>';
                 echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#remotebuzzerlog" id="nav-remotebuzzerlog"><div><span data-i18n="remotebuzzer">remotebuzzer</span></div></a></li>';
                 echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#synctodrivelog" id="nav-synctodrivelog"><div><span data-i18n="synctodrive">synctodrive</span></div></a></li>';
-		echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#cameralog" id="nav-cameralog"><div><span data-i18n="cameralog">cameralog</span></div></a></li>';
+                echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#cameralog" id="nav-cameralog"><div><span data-i18n="cameralog">cameralog</span></div></a></li>';
                 echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#serverprocesses" id="nav-serverprocesses"><div><span data-i18n="serverprocesses">serverprocesses</span></div></a></li>';
                 echo '<li><a class="adminnavlistelement" href="#bootconfig" id="nav-bootconfig"><div><span data-i18n="bootconfig">bootconfig</span></div></a></li>';
         
diff --git a/api/admin.php b/api/admin.php
index b77708cac..0acf40917 100644
--- a/api/admin.php
+++ b/api/admin.php
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
                 }
             }
         }
+        $logFile = $config['foldersAbs']['tmp'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $config['take_picture']['logfile'];
+        if (is_file($logFile)) {
+            unlink($logFile);
+        }
     }
 
     if ($config['reset']['remove_mailtxt']) {
diff --git a/api/takePic.php b/api/takePic.php
index 39e05b57a..186072d39 100644
--- a/api/takePic.php
+++ b/api/takePic.php
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@
 require_once '../lib/config.php';
 require_once '../lib/db.php';
 
+function logError($data) {
+    global $config;
+    $logfile = $config['foldersAbs']['tmp'] . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $config['take_picture']['logfile'];
+
+    $file_data = date('c') . ":\n" . print_r($data, true) . "\n";
+    if (is_file($logfile)) {
+        $file_data .= file_get_contents($logfile);
+    }
+    file_put_contents($logfile, $file_data);
+
+    //$fp = fopen($logfile, 'a'); //opens file in append mode.
+    //fwrite($fp, date('c') . ":\n\t" . $message . "\n");
+    //fclose($fp);
+}
+
 function takePicture($filename) {
     global $config;
 
@@ -29,27 +44,30 @@ function takePicture($filename) {
         $dir = dirname($filename);
         chdir($dir); //gphoto must be executed in a dir with write permission
         $cmd = sprintf($config['take_picture']['cmd'], $filename);
+        $cmd .= ' 2>&1'; //Redirect stderr to stdout, otherwise error messages get lost.
 
         exec($cmd, $output, $returnValue);
 
         if ($returnValue) {
-            die(
-                json_encode([
-                    'error' => 'Gphoto returned with an error code',
-                    'cmd' => $cmd,
-                    'returnValue' => $returnValue,
-                    'output' => $output,
-                ])
-            );
+            $ErrorData = [
+                'error' => 'Gphoto returned with an error code',
+                'cmd' => $cmd,
+                'returnValue' => $returnValue,
+                'output' => $output,
+            ];
+            $ErrorString = json_encode($ErrorData);
+            logError($ErrorData);
+            die($ErrorString);
         } elseif (!file_exists($filename)) {
-            die(
-                json_encode([
-                    'error' => 'File was not created',
-                    'cmd' => $cmd,
-                    'returnValue' => $returnValue,
-                    'output' => $output,
-                ])
-            );
+            $ErrorData = [
+                'error' => 'File was not created',
+                'cmd' => $cmd,
+                'returnValue' => $returnValue,
+                'output' => $output,
+            ];
+            $ErrorString = json_encode($ErrorData);
+            logError($ErrorData);
+            die($ErrorString);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/lib/config.php b/lib/config.php
index 93a3b4482..79f4a4ea7 100644
--- a/lib/config.php
+++ b/lib/config.php
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 
 $config['remotebuzzer']['logfile'] = 'remotebuzzer_server.log';
 $config['synctodrive']['logfile'] = 'synctodrive_server.log';
+$config['take_picture']['logfile'] = 'take_picture.log';
 
 $config['ui']['github'] = 'andi34';
 $config['ui']['branding'] = 'Photobooth';
diff --git a/lib/configsetup.inc.php b/lib/configsetup.inc.php
index 07bb42e24..da3a0306d 100644
--- a/lib/configsetup.inc.php
+++ b/lib/configsetup.inc.php
@@ -1738,6 +1738,12 @@
             'name' => 'take_picture[cmd]',
             'value' => htmlentities($config['take_picture']['cmd']),
         ],
+        'take_picture_logfile' => [
+            'view' => 'expert',
+            'type' => 'hidden',
+            'name' => 'take_picture[logfile]',
+            'value' => $config['take_picture']['logfile'],
+        ],
         'take_picture_msg' => [
             'view' => 'expert',
             'type' => 'input',