diff --git a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Router.java b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Router.java
index 2ff24a33..7c430f2e 100755
--- a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Router.java
+++ b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/Router.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.configuration.ConfigurationResourceManager;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.configuration.ConfigurationResourceObserver;
+import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.exception.GateleenExceptionFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.HttpClientFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.RequestLoggerFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.logging.LoggableResource;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public class Router implements Refreshable, LoggableResource, ConfigurationResou
     private final String rulesUri;
     private final String userProfileUri;
     private final String serverUri;
+    private final GateleenExceptionFactory exceptionFactory;
     private io.vertx.ext.web.Router router;
     private final LoggingResourceManager loggingResourceManager;
     private final LogAppenderRepository logAppenderRepository;
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ public static RouterBuilder builder() {
            HttpClientFactory httpClientFactory,
            int routeMultiplier,
            @Nullable OAuthProvider oAuthProvider,
+           GateleenExceptionFactory exceptionFactory,
            Handler<Void>... doneHandlers) {
         this.storage = storage;
         this.properties = properties;
@@ -135,6 +138,7 @@ public static RouterBuilder builder() {
         this.doneHandlers = doneHandlers;
         this.routeMultiplier = routeMultiplier;
         this.oAuthProvider = oAuthProvider;
+        this.exceptionFactory =  exceptionFactory;
 
         if (oAuthProvider != null) {
             this.oAuthStrategy = new OAuthStrategy(oAuthProvider);
@@ -324,7 +328,7 @@ private void createForwarders(List<Rule> rules, io.vertx.ext.web.Router newRoute
                         vertx.eventBus());
             } else if (rule.getStorage() != null) {
                 forwarder = new StorageForwarder(vertx.eventBus(), rule, loggingResourceManager, logAppenderRepository,
-                        monitoringHandler);
+                        monitoringHandler, exceptionFactory);
             } else if (rule.getScheme().equals("local")) {
                 forwarder = new Forwarder(vertx, selfClient, rule, this.storage, loggingResourceManager, logAppenderRepository,
                         monitoringHandler, userProfileUri, authStrategy);
diff --git a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/RouterBuilder.java b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/RouterBuilder.java
index 6db535ed..f7ef9685 100644
--- a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/RouterBuilder.java
+++ b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/RouterBuilder.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.configuration.ConfigurationResourceManager;
+import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.exception.GateleenExceptionFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.HttpClientFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.storage.ResourceStorage;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.logging.LogAppenderRepository;
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ public class RouterBuilder {
     private int routeMultiplier = Router.DEFAULT_ROUTER_MULTIPLIER;
 
     private OAuthProvider oAuthProvider;
+    private GateleenExceptionFactory exceptionFactory;
 
     RouterBuilder() {
         // PackagePrivate, as clients should use "Router.builder()" and not this class here directly.
@@ -67,6 +69,10 @@ public Router build() {
             defaultRouteTypes = all();
         }
 
+        if (this.exceptionFactory == null) {
+            this.exceptionFactory = GateleenExceptionFactory.newGateleenThriftyExceptionFactory();
+        }
+
         Handler<Void>[] doneHandlersArray;
         if (doneHandlers == null || doneHandlers.isEmpty()) {
             logger.debug("No doneHandlers specified.");
@@ -102,6 +108,7 @@ public Router build() {
                 httpClientFactory,
                 routeMultiplier,
                 oAuthProvider,
+                exceptionFactory,
                 doneHandlersArray
         );
         if (resourceLoggingEnabled) {
@@ -273,4 +280,9 @@ public RouterBuilder withRouteMultiplier(int routeMultiplier) {
         this.routeMultiplier = routeMultiplier;
         return this;
     }
+
+    public RouterBuilder withExceptionFactory(GateleenExceptionFactory exceptionFactory) {
+        this.exceptionFactory = exceptionFactory;
+        return this;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/StorageForwarder.java b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/StorageForwarder.java
index a53a6a0f..44d239bd 100755
--- a/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/StorageForwarder.java
+++ b/gateleen-routing/src/main/java/org/swisspush/gateleen/routing/StorageForwarder.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import io.vertx.ext.web.RoutingContext;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.cors.CORSHandler;
+import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.exception.GateleenExceptionFactory;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.HeaderFunctions;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.swisspush.gateleen.core.http.RequestLoggerFactory;
@@ -40,13 +41,17 @@ public class StorageForwarder extends AbstractForwarder {
     private Pattern urlPattern;
     private String address;
     private CORSHandler corsHandler;
+    private GateleenExceptionFactory gateleenExceptionFactory;
 
-    public StorageForwarder(EventBus eventBus, Rule rule, LoggingResourceManager loggingResourceManager, LogAppenderRepository logAppenderRepository, MonitoringHandler monitoringHandler) {
+    public StorageForwarder(EventBus eventBus, Rule rule, LoggingResourceManager loggingResourceManager,
+                            LogAppenderRepository logAppenderRepository, MonitoringHandler monitoringHandler,
+                            GateleenExceptionFactory gateleenExceptionFactory) {
         super(rule, loggingResourceManager, logAppenderRepository, monitoringHandler);
         this.eventBus = eventBus;
         this.address = Address.storageAddress() + "-" + rule.getStorage();
         urlPattern = Pattern.compile(rule.getUrlPattern());
         corsHandler = new CORSHandler();
+        this.gateleenExceptionFactory = gateleenExceptionFactory;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ public void handle(final RoutingContext ctx) {
                     response.setStatusCode(StatusCode.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.getStatusCode());
                     response.setStatusMessage(statusMessage);
                     response.end();
-                    log.error("Storage request failed", result.cause());
+                    log.error(statusMessage, gateleenExceptionFactory.newException(result.cause()));
                 } else {
                     Buffer buffer = result.result().body();
                     int headerLength = buffer.getInt(0);