diff --git a/cron.php b/cron.php
index 8e1a3376d5..0d2c07b2d9 100644
--- a/cron.php
+++ b/cron.php
@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ try {
 
 	session_write_close();
 
+	$logger = \OC_Log::$object;
+
 	// Don't do anything if ownCloud has not been installed
 	if (!OC_Config::getValue('installed', false)) {
 		exit(0);
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ try {
 		$jobList = new \OC\BackgroundJob\JobList();
 		$jobs = $jobList->getAll();
 		foreach ($jobs as $job) {
-			$job->execute($jobList);
+			$job->execute($jobList, $logger);
 		}
 	} else {
 		// We call cron.php from some website
@@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ try {
 			// Work and success :-)
 			$jobList = new \OC\BackgroundJob\JobList();
 			$job = $jobList->getNext();
-			$job->execute($jobList);
+			$job->execute($jobList, $logger);
 			$jobList->setLastJob($job);
 			OC_JSON::success();
 		}
diff --git a/lib/private/backgroundjob/job.php b/lib/private/backgroundjob/job.php
index 49fbffbd68..2561659750 100644
--- a/lib/private/backgroundjob/job.php
+++ b/lib/private/backgroundjob/job.php
@@ -9,16 +9,34 @@
 namespace OC\BackgroundJob;
 
 abstract class Job {
+	/**
+	 * @var int $id
+	 */
 	protected $id;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var int $lastRun
+	 */
 	protected $lastRun;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var mixed $argument
+	 */
 	protected $argument;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
+	 * @param \OC\Log $logger
 	 */
-	public function execute($jobList) {
+	public function execute($jobList, $logger = null) {
 		$jobList->setLastRun($this);
-		$this->run($this->argument);
+		try {
+			$this->run($this->argument);
+		} catch (\Exception $e) {
+			if ($logger) {
+				$logger->error('Error while running background job: ' . $e->getMessage());
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	abstract protected function run($argument);
diff --git a/lib/private/backgroundjob/queuedjob.php b/lib/private/backgroundjob/queuedjob.php
index 1714182820..799eac4784 100644
--- a/lib/private/backgroundjob/queuedjob.php
+++ b/lib/private/backgroundjob/queuedjob.php
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ abstract class QueuedJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job, then remove it from the joblist
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
+	 * @param \OC\Log $logger
 	 */
-	public function execute($jobList) {
+	public function execute($jobList, $logger = null) {
 		$jobList->remove($this);
-		$this->run($this->argument);
+		parent::execute($jobList, $logger);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/lib/private/backgroundjob/timedjob.php b/lib/private/backgroundjob/timedjob.php
index ae9f33505a..09e05f1d84 100644
--- a/lib/private/backgroundjob/timedjob.php
+++ b/lib/private/backgroundjob/timedjob.php
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ abstract class TimedJob extends Job {
 	 * run the job if
 	 *
 	 * @param JobList $jobList
+	 * @param \OC\Log $logger
 	 */
-	public function execute($jobList) {
+	public function execute($jobList, $logger = null) {
 		if ((time() - $this->lastRun) > $this->interval) {
-			$jobList->setLastRun($this);
-			$this->run($this->argument);
+			parent::execute($jobList, $logger);
 		}
 	}
 }