diff --git a/src/main/java/com/republicate/stillness/StillnessTool.java b/src/main/java/com/republicate/stillness/StillnessTool.java
index 160feb1..bd775ee 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/republicate/stillness/StillnessTool.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/republicate/stillness/StillnessTool.java
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ public Pair<String, Exception> debugThrow(Reader source,String template) {
             _stillness.setDebugOutput(trace);
             _stillness.scrape(source,template,_context);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            logger.error("exception", e);
+            // this should be logged upstream
+            // logger.error("exception", e);
             ex = e;
         } finally {
             if (ex != null) {