diff --git a/ansible_rulebook/cli.py b/ansible_rulebook/cli.py
index 6df8aabe..f083d913 100644
--- a/ansible_rulebook/cli.py
+++ b/ansible_rulebook/cli.py
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ def main(args: List[str] = None) -> int:
         asyncio.run(app.run(args))
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
         return 0
-    except Exception:
-        logger.exception("Unexpected exception")
+    except Exception as err:
+        logger.error("Terminating %s", str(err))
         return 1
     return 0
 
diff --git a/ansible_rulebook/engine.py b/ansible_rulebook/engine.py
index 0415544e..e2c22506 100644
--- a/ansible_rulebook/engine.py
+++ b/ansible_rulebook/engine.py
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ async def start_source(
         )
         logger.info("Task cancelled " + shutdown_msg)
     except BaseException as e:
-        logger.exception("Source error")
+        logger.error("Source error %s", str(e))
         shutdown_msg = (
             f"Shutting down source: {source.source_name} error : {e}"
         )
diff --git a/ansible_rulebook/rule_set_runner.py b/ansible_rulebook/rule_set_runner.py
index f96a86b7..0ee1ca4f 100644
--- a/ansible_rulebook/rule_set_runner.py
+++ b/ansible_rulebook/rule_set_runner.py
@@ -392,12 +392,16 @@ async def _call_action(
                     **action_args,
                 )
             except KeyError as e:
-                logger.exception(
-                    "KeyError with variables %s", pformat(variables_copy)
+                logger.error(
+                    "KeyError %s with variables %s",
+                    str(e),
+                    pformat(variables_copy),
                 )
                 result = dict(error=e)
             except MessageNotHandledException as e:
-                logger.exception("Message cannot be handled: %s", action_args)
+                logger.error(
+                    "Message cannot be handled: %s err %s", action_args, str(e)
+                )
                 result = dict(error=e)
             except MessageObservedException as e:
                 logger.info("MessageObservedException: %s", action_args)
@@ -413,7 +417,7 @@ async def _call_action(
                 logger.debug("Action task caught Cancelled error")
                 raise
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.exception("Error calling %s", action)
+                logger.error("Error calling action %s, err %s", action, str(e))
                 result = dict(error=e)
             except BaseException as e:
                 logger.error(e)
diff --git a/ansible_rulebook/validators.py b/ansible_rulebook/validators.py
index e13ea886..8d264d2d 100644
--- a/ansible_rulebook/validators.py
+++ b/ansible_rulebook/validators.py
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ def _get_schema(cls):
             cls.schema = json.loads(data)
             validator = jsonschema.validators.validator_for(cls.schema)
             validator.check_schema(cls.schema)
-        except json.JSONDecodeError:
-            logger.exception("Can not deserialize JSON schema")
+        except json.JSONDecodeError as err:
+            logger.error("Can not deserialize JSON schema: %s", str(err))
             raise
-        except SchemaError:
-            logger.exception("Incorrect JSON schema")
+        except SchemaError as err:
+            logger.error("Incorrect JSON schema: %s", str(err))
             raise
         return cls.schema
 
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ def _get_schema(cls):
     def rulebook(cls, instance: List[Dict]) -> None:
         try:
             jsonschema.validate(instance=instance, schema=cls._get_schema())
-        except ValidationError:
-            logger.exception("Rulebook failed validation.")
+        except ValidationError as err:
+            logger.error("Rulebook failed validation, err %s", str(err))
             raise
diff --git a/ansible_rulebook/websocket.py b/ansible_rulebook/websocket.py
index 8f396ce3..68f06905 100644
--- a/ansible_rulebook/websocket.py
+++ b/ansible_rulebook/websocket.py
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ async def send_event_log_to_websocket(
         except CancelledError:
             logger.info("closing websocket due to task cancelled")
             return
-        except BaseException:
-            logger.exception("websocket error on %s", event)
+        except BaseException as err:
+            logger.error("websocket error on %s err: %s", event, str(err))
 
 
 def _sslcontext(url, ssl_verify) -> ssl.SSLContext: