diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
index 5cd0bdf0a..81c5a221f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Deluge/Deluge.cs
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Deluge
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Password", "Authentication failed");
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to test connection");
                 switch (ex.Status)
                 {
                     case WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure:
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Deluge
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to test connection");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Deluge
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to get torrents");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Failed to get the list of torrents: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/TorrentDownloadStation.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/TorrentDownloadStation.cs
index c89ff5b9f..0d2ca3d01 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/TorrentDownloadStation.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/TorrentDownloadStation.cs
@@ -320,12 +320,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex) // User could not have permission to access to downloadstation
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, ex.Message);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Error testing Torrent Download Station");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, $"Unknown exception: {ex.Message}");
             }
         }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to Torrent Download Station");
 
                 if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure)
                 {
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Error testing Torrent Download Station");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, $"Unknown exception: {ex.Message}");
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/UsenetDownloadStation.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/UsenetDownloadStation.cs
index 1e94586f0..a2fb7f783 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/UsenetDownloadStation.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/DownloadStation/UsenetDownloadStation.cs
@@ -234,12 +234,12 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex) // User could not have permission to access to downloadstation
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, ex.Message);
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Error testing Usenet Download Station");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, $"Unknown exception: {ex.Message}");
             }
         }
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to Usenet Download Station");
 
                 if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure)
                 {
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.DownloadStation
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Error testing Torrent Download Station");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/NzbVortex/NzbVortex.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/NzbVortex/NzbVortex.cs
index e35a98949..1b156a0ca 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/NzbVortex/NzbVortex.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/NzbVortex/NzbVortex.cs
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.NzbVortex
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to NZBVortex");
                 return new ValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect to NZBVortex");
             }
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.NzbVortex
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to NZBVortex");
                 return new ValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect to NZBVortex");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/Nzbget.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/Nzbget.cs
index 0728b65cb..f2d613192 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/Nzbget.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Nzbget/Nzbget.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Nzbget
                 {
                     return new ValidationFailure("Username", "Authentication failed");
                 }
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to NZBGet");
                 return new ValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect to NZBGet");
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
index 34f7d5195..d1fd5f17a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/QBittorrent/QBittorrent.cs
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Username", "Authentication failure")
                 {
                     DetailedDescription = "Please verify your username and password."
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to qBittorrent");
                 if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure)
                 {
                     return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect")
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to test qBittorrent");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(String.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to test qBittorrent");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(String.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.QBittorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to get torrents");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(String.Empty, "Failed to get the list of torrents: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
index 31b8b248f..26072b33c 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/Sabnzbd.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Warn("Couldn't get download queue. {0}", ex.Message);
+                _logger.Warn(ex, "Couldn't get download queue. {0}", ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Warn(ex, "Couldn't get download queue. {0}", ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new ValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect to SABnzbd");
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
index 6a1f701b3..4dae1d494 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Transmission/TransmissionBase.cs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Username", "Authentication failure")
                 {
                     DetailedDescription = string.Format("Please verify your username and password. Also verify if the host running Lidarr isn't blocked from accessing {0} by WhiteList limitations in the {0} configuration.", Name)
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure)
                 {
                     return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect")
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to test");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
         }
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Transmission
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to get torrents");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Failed to get the list of torrents: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
index a494584c9..24f7bfacc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/rTorrent/RTorrent.cs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.RTorrent
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.RTorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to test rTorrent");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.RTorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to get torrents");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Failed to get the list of torrents: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
index 04c8b5240..208f9816a 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/uTorrent/UTorrent.cs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
             }
             catch (DownloadClientException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return Enumerable.Empty<DownloadClientItem>();
             }
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
             }
             catch (DownloadClientAuthenticationException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, ex.Message);
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Username", "Authentication failure")
                 {
                     DetailedDescription = "Please verify your username and password."
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
             }
             catch (WebException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Unable to connect to uTorrent");
                 if (ex.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ConnectFailure)
                 {
                     return new NzbDroneValidationFailure("Host", "Unable to connect")
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to test uTorrent");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Unknown exception: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.UTorrent
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Failed to get torrents");
                 return new NzbDroneValidationFailure(string.Empty, "Failed to get the list of torrents: " + ex.Message);
             }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandExecutor.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandExecutor.cs
index 3a577a287..6ce968954 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandExecutor.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandExecutor.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Commands
             }
             catch (ThreadAbortException ex)
             {
-                _logger.Error(ex);
+                _logger.Error(ex, "Thread aborted");
                 Thread.ResetAbort();
             }
             catch (Exception ex)