diff --git a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
index e45ac7f..a9f7f40 100644
--- a/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/conferences_controller.rb
@@ -485,9 +485,9 @@ class ConferencesController < ApplicationController
 							:other => r.other || ''
 						}
 					end
-				rescue
-					logger.info "Error adding row to stats.xls"
-					logger.info "\t#{r ? r.to_yaml.to_s : 'nil'}"
+				rescue => error
+					logger.info "Error adding row to stats.xls: #{error.message}"
+					logger.info error.backtrace
 				end
 			end
 		end