diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
index e965bdac3..495394622 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/task_service.py
@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ class TaskService:
             process_instance_event.task_guid = task_guid
         db.session.add(process_instance_event)
 
-        if event_type == ProcessInstanceEventType.process_instance_error.value and exception is not None:
+        if exception is not None:
             # truncate to avoid database errors on large values. We observed that text in mysql is 65K.
             stacktrace = traceback.format_exc()[0:63999]
             message = str(exception)[0:1023]
@@ -626,7 +626,6 @@ class TaskService:
             task_line_contents = None
             task_trace = None
             task_offset = None
-            # import pdb; pdb.set_trace()
             if isinstance(exception, WorkflowTaskException) or (isinstance(exception, ApiError) and exception.error_code == 'task_error'):
                 task_line_number = exception.line_number
                 task_line_contents = exception.error_line
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
index dc9737270..5b68d301e 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/components/ErrorDisplay.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export const childrenForErrorObject = (errorObject: ErrorForDisplay) => {
   );
   const errorLine = errorDetailDisplay(errorObject, 'error_line', 'Context');
   let taskTrace = null;
-  if (errorObject.task_trace && errorObject.task_trace.length > 1) {
+  if (errorObject.task_trace && errorObject.task_trace.length > 0) {
     taskTrace = (
       <div className="error_info">
         <span className="error_title">Call Activity Trace:</span>
diff --git a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessInstanceLogList.tsx b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessInstanceLogList.tsx
index 7f54efd17..cae1e8802 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessInstanceLogList.tsx
+++ b/spiffworkflow-frontend/src/routes/ProcessInstanceLogList.tsx
@@ -167,12 +167,12 @@ export default function ProcessInstanceLogList({ variant }: OwnProps) {
           task_trace: eventErrorDetails.task_trace,
         };
         const errorChildren = childrenForErrorObject(errorForDisplay);
+        // <pre>{eventErrorDetails.stacktrace}</pre>
         errorMessageTag = (
           <>
             <p className="failure-string">{eventErrorDetails.message}</p>
             <br />
             {errorChildren}
-            <pre>{eventErrorDetails.stacktrace}</pre>
           </>
         );
       }