diff --git a/src/TaskRunner.php b/src/TaskRunner.php
index c41a0d2..914d526 100644
--- a/src/TaskRunner.php
+++ b/src/TaskRunner.php
@@ -139,7 +139,13 @@ protected function updateLogs(TaskLog $taskLog)
         }
 
         // "unique" name will be returned if one wasn't set
-        $name = $taskLog->task->name;
+        $name  = $taskLog->task->name;
+        $error = null;
+
+        if ($taskLog->error instanceof Throwable) {
+            $error = "Exception: {$taskLog->error->getCode()} - {$taskLog->error->getMessage()}" . PHP_EOL .
+                "file: {$taskLog->error->getFile()}:{$taskLog->error->getLine()}";
+        }
 
         $data = [
             'task'     => $name,
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ protected function updateLogs(TaskLog $taskLog)
             'start'    => $taskLog->runStart->format('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
             'duration' => $taskLog->duration(),
             'output'   => $taskLog->output ?? null,
-            'error'    => serialize($taskLog->error ?? null),
+            'error'    => $error,
         ];
 
         // Get existing logs
diff --git a/tests/unit/TaskRunnerTest.php b/tests/unit/TaskRunnerTest.php
index 8a2ae5e..15c33a1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/TaskRunnerTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/TaskRunnerTest.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public function testRunWithSuccess()
                 'start'    => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
                 'duration' => '0.00',
                 'output'   => null,
-                'error'    => serialize(null),
+                'error'    => null,
             ],
         ];
         $this->seeInDatabase('settings', [
@@ -79,6 +79,53 @@ public function testRunWithSuccess()
         ]);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @throws ReflectionException
+     */
+    public function testRunWithError()
+    {
+        $task1 = (new Task('closure', static function () {
+            echo 'Task 1';
+        }))->daily('12:05am')->named('task1');
+        $task3 = (new Task('closure', static function () {
+            throw new Exception('Example exception in Task 3');
+        }))->daily('12:00am')->named('task3');
+
+        $runner = $this->getRunner([$task1, $task3]);
+
+        ob_start();
+        $runner->withTestTime('12:00am')->run();
+        $output = ob_get_clean();
+
+        // Only task 3 should have run
+        $this->assertSame('', $output);
+
+        // Get info about the exception
+        $reflection = new ReflectionFunction($task3->getAction());
+        $file       = $reflection->getFileName();
+        $line       = $reflection->getStartLine() + 1;
+
+        // Should have logged the stats
+        $expected = [
+            [
+                'task'     => 'task3',
+                'type'     => 'closure',
+                'start'    => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
+                'duration' => '0.00',
+                'output'   => null,
+                'error'    => "Exception: 0 - Example exception in Task 3\nfile: {$file}:{$line}",
+            ],
+        ];
+        $this->seeInDatabase('settings', [
+            'class' => 'CodeIgniter\Tasks\Config\Tasks',
+            'key'   => 'log-task3',
+            'value' => serialize($expected),
+        ]);
+        $this->dontSeeInDatabase('settings', [
+            'key' => 'log-task1',
+        ]);
+    }
+
     protected function getRunner(array $tasks = [])
     {
         $scheduler = service('scheduler');