diff --git a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
index bfe126f099..e2472d0fcd 100755
--- a/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
+++ b/misc/workers/background_jobs_worker.pl
@@ -202,8 +202,10 @@ $pm->wait_all_children;
 sub process_job {
     my ( $job, $args ) = @_;
     try {
-        $job->process( $args );
+        $job->process($args);
     } catch {
+        Koha::Logger->get( { interface => 'worker' } )
+            ->warn( sprintf "Uncaught exception processing job id=%s: %s", $job->id, $_ );
         $job->status('failed')->store;
     };
 }