diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
index e53064be..dc66df02 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Api/GraphQL/Client.cs
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ public sealed class Client : ISpeckleGraphQLClient, IClient
       activity?.SetStatus(SdkActivityStatusCode.Ok);
       return ret;
     }
-    catch (Exception)
+    catch (Exception ex)
     {
       activity?.SetStatus(SdkActivityStatusCode.Error);
-      // Don't record exception as it's rethrown.
+      activity?.RecordException(ex);
       throw;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Pipelines/Send/DiskStore.cs b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Pipelines/Send/DiskStore.cs
index 88443633..172de132 100644
--- a/src/Speckle.Sdk/Pipelines/Send/DiskStore.cs
+++ b/src/Speckle.Sdk/Pipelines/Send/DiskStore.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ public sealed class DiskStore
 
       await foreach (var item in _channel.ReadAllAsync(_cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
       {
-        await writer.WriteLineAsync($"{item.Id}\t{item.SpeckleType}\t{item.Json}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteAsync(item.Id).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteAsync('\t').ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteAsync(item.SpeckleType).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteAsync('\t').ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteAsync(item.Json.Value).ConfigureAwait(false);
+        await writer.WriteLineAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
       }
 #if NET8_0_OR_GREATER
       await writer.FlushAsync(_cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);