diff --git a/storage/swift.py b/storage/swift.py
index 8e206f23f..3c58ce4b5 100644
--- a/storage/swift.py
+++ b/storage/swift.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class SwiftStorage(BaseStorage):
     try:
       self._get_connection().delete_object(self._swift_container, path)
     except Exception:
+      logger.exception('Could not delete path %s', path)
       raise IOError('Cannot delete path: %s' % path)
 
   def _random_checksum(self, count):