diff --git a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulServletFilter.java b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulServletFilter.java
index 682f922e8a..947e3aa51e 100644
--- a/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulServletFilter.java
+++ b/zuul-core/src/main/java/com/netflix/zuul/filters/ZuulServletFilter.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import javax.servlet.*;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
@@ -49,6 +51,8 @@
  */
 public class ZuulServletFilter implements Filter {
 
+    private static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ZuulServletFilter.class);
+
     private ZuulRunner zuulRunner;
 
     public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
@@ -109,7 +113,7 @@ void init(HttpServletRequest servletRequest, HttpServletResponse servletResponse
     void error(ZuulException e) {
         RequestContext.getCurrentContext().setThrowable(e);
         zuulRunner.error();
-        e.printStackTrace();
+        LOG.error(e.getMessage(), e);
     }
 
     public void destroy() {