diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc-dotnet/Program.cs b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc-dotnet/Program.cs
index 7a4b56ed0..6c694292e 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/ifc-dotnet/Program.cs
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/ifc-dotnet/Program.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Text.Json;
 using Speckle.Importers.Ifc;
 using Speckle.Sdk.Common;
+using Speckle.Sdk.Models.Extensions;
 
 var filePathArgument = new Argument<string>(name: "filePath");
 var outputPathArgument = new Argument<string>("outputPath");
@@ -31,9 +32,11 @@ rootCommand.SetHandler(
     }
     catch (Exception e)
     {
+      Console.WriteLine($"IFC Importer failed with exception {e.ToFormattedString()}");
+
       File.WriteAllText(
         outputPath,
-        JsonSerializer.Serialize(new { success = false, error = e.ToString() })
+        JsonSerializer.Serialize(new { success = false, error = e.ToFormattedString() })
       );
     }
   },
diff --git a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
index 47970adef..da0474090 100644
--- a/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
+++ b/packages/fileimport-service/src/daemon.js
@@ -121,6 +121,8 @@ async function doTask(mainDb, regionName, taskDb, task) {
     })
     tempUserToken = token
 
+    taskLogger.info("Downloading file {fileId}")
+
     await downloadFile({
       fileId: info.id,
       streamId: info.streamId,
@@ -128,6 +130,8 @@ async function doTask(mainDb, regionName, taskDb, task) {
       destination: TMP_FILE_PATH
     })
 
+    taskLogger.info("Triggering importer for {fileType}")
+
     if (info.fileType.toLowerCase() === 'ifc') {
       if (FF_FILEIMPORT_IFC_DOTNET_ENABLED) {
         await runProcessWithTimeout(
@@ -243,7 +247,7 @@ async function doTask(mainDb, regionName, taskDb, task) {
       [commitId, task.id]
     )
   } catch (err) {
-    taskLogger.error(err)
+    taskLogger.error(err, "error while doing task")
     await taskDb.raw(
       `
       UPDATE file_uploads