diff --git a/app/controllers/registrar/depp_controller.rb b/app/controllers/registrar/depp_controller.rb
index 753a8a6e0..aff0406a3 100644
--- a/app/controllers/registrar/depp_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/registrar/depp_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 class Registrar::DeppController < RegistrarController # EPP controller
   helper_method :depp_current_user
 
-  rescue_from(Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ECONNREFUSED) do |_exception|
+  rescue_from(Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ECONNREFUSED) do |exception|
+    logger.error 'COULD NOT CONNECT TO REGISTRY'
+    logger.error exception.backtrace.join("\n")
+    NewRelic::Agent.notice_error(exception)
     redirect_to registrar_login_url, alert: t(:no_connection_to_registry)
   end