diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/TemplateProcessingHelper.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/TemplateProcessingHelper.java
index cdde95e48..1bbe2f3a1 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/TemplateProcessingHelper.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/controller/freemarker/TemplateProcessingHelper.java
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ public class TemplateProcessingHelper {
             } else {
                 msg = "IOException getting template " + templateName;
             }
-            throw new TemplateProcessingException(msg);
+            throw new TemplateProcessingException(msg, e);
         }  
         return template;
     }