diff --git a/src/FetchManager.php b/src/FetchManager.php
index 85b4c8c..f972426 100644
--- a/src/FetchManager.php
+++ b/src/FetchManager.php
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@ class FetchManager implements FetchManagerInterface {
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   public function fetch($server, $remote_file_dir, $relative_path, array $options) {
+    $url = $server . '/' . UrlHelper::encodePath($remote_file_dir . '/' . $relative_path);
     try {
       // Fetch remote file.
-      $url = $server . '/' . UrlHelper::encodePath($remote_file_dir . '/' . $relative_path);
       $options['Connection'] = 'close';
       $response = $this->client->get($url, $options);
 
@@ -101,10 +101,13 @@ class FetchManager implements FetchManagerInterface {
       return FALSE;
     }
     catch (GuzzleException $e) {
-      // Do nothing.
+      watchdog_exception(
+        'stage_file_proxy',
+        $e,
+        'Stage File Proxy encountered an error when retrieving file @url. @message in %function (line %line of %file).',
+        ['@url' => $url]);
+      return FALSE;
     }
-    $this->logger->error('Stage File Proxy encountered an unknown error by retrieving file @file', ['@file' => $server . '/' . UrlHelper::encodePath($remote_file_dir . '/' . $relative_path)]);
-    return FALSE;
   }
 
   /**