diff --git a/src/fitting/view_util.py b/src/fitting/view_util.py
index add765cfc9e2299d0848fb215f182bf71040f398..1b749eff417f48647608b20f05399dbdb890086f 100644
--- a/src/fitting/view_util.py
+++ b/src/fitting/view_util.py
@@ -1024,9 +1024,10 @@ def parse_ascii_file(request, file_name, raw_content):
 
         # Upload plot to live data server
         return data_handler.store_user_data(request, file_name, plot)
-    except:  # noqa: E722
-        logging.exception(f'Could not parse file "{file_name}"')
-        return False, f"Could not parse data file {file_name}"
+    except Exception as e:  # noqa: E722
+        info_debug = f"\n{e}" if settings.DEBUG else ""
+        logging.exception(f'Could not parse file "{file_name}"' + info_debug)
+        return False, f'Could not parse data file "{file_name}"' + info_debug
 
 
 def get_user_files(request):