diff --git a/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeakColumn.cpp b/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeakColumn.cpp
index f115ecb72e6a45508a91ec8ac9fdf6bb171310ea..d97e5bfb92f140c10086f2950ea021db7056f6a7 100644
--- a/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeakColumn.cpp
+++ b/Framework/DataObjects/src/PeakColumn.cpp
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void PeakColumn::read(const size_t index, std::istream &in) {
   try {
     in >> val;
   } catch (std::exception &e) {
-    g_log.error() << "Could not convert input to a number.\n";
+    g_log.error() << "Could not convert input to a number. " << e.what() << '\n';
     return;
   }