diff --git a/lib/hooks/http/middleware/defaults.js b/lib/hooks/http/middleware/defaults.js
index 04475992a..17e4ff31f 100644
--- a/lib/hooks/http/middleware/defaults.js
+++ b/lib/hooks/http/middleware/defaults.js
@@ -168,11 +168,11 @@ module.exports = function(sails, app) {
     // is overridden in userland.  Should probably be phased out at some point,
     // since it could be accomplished more elegantly- btu for now it's practical.)
     handleBodyParserError: function handleBodyParserError(err, req, res, next) {
+      var bodyParserFailureErrorMsg = 'Unable to parse HTTP body- error occurred :: ' + util.inspect((err&&err.stack)?err.stack:err, false, null);
+      sails.log.error(bodyParserFailureErrorMsg);
       if (IS_PRODUCTION && sails.config.keepResponseErrors !== true) {
         return res.send(400);
       }
-      var bodyParserFailureErrorMsg = 'Unable to parse HTTP body- error occurred :: ' + util.inspect((err&&err.stack)?err.stack:err, false, null);
-      sails.log.error(bodyParserFailureErrorMsg);
       return res.send(400, bodyParserFailureErrorMsg);
     },