diff --git a/src/MediaSource/MediaSourceService.php b/src/MediaSource/MediaSourceService.php
index b554cf68..befab65a 100644
--- a/src/MediaSource/MediaSourceService.php
+++ b/src/MediaSource/MediaSourceService.php
@@ -294,7 +294,9 @@ class MediaSourceService {
         $parent_directory = dirname($directory);
         $error_current_user = shell_exec('whoami');
         $sanitized_current_user = str_replace(array("\n", "\r"), '', $error_current_user);
-        throw new HttpException(500, "The destination directory does not exist, could not be created, or is not writable by $sanitized_current_user: $directory");
+        $error_message = "The destination directory does not exist, could not be created, or is not writable by $sanitized_current_user: $directory";
+        watchdog('media_source_service', $error_message, [], WATCHDOG_ERROR);
+        throw new HttpException(500, "An error occurred while processing your request. Please contact the website administrator.");
       }
 
       // Copy over the file content.