diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
index b1278a25b36deca5a043a35217a547072919ec71..4878e565c93542b815275ddf4ba005b75db12d97 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/Kernel/src/Logger.cpp
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ namespace Kernel
     catch(std::exception& e)
     {
       // Failures in logging are not allowed to throw exceptions out of the logging class
-      std::cerr << e.what();
+      std::cerr << "Error in logging framework: " << e.what();
     }
   }