diff --git a/historyKeeper.js b/historyKeeper.js
index 76b3bc2dc..3243d0f15 100644
--- a/historyKeeper.js
+++ b/historyKeeper.js
@@ -868,7 +868,10 @@ module.exports.create = function (cfg) {
                         store.writeMetadata(channelName, JSON.stringify(metadata), function (err) {
                             if (err) {
                                 // FIXME tell the user that there was a channel error?
-                                return void Log.error('HK_WRITE_METADATA');
+                                return void Log.error('HK_WRITE_METADATA', {
+                                    channel: channelName,
+                                    error: err,
+                                });
                             }
                         });