diff --git a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jersey/providers/JerksonProvider.scala b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jersey/providers/JerksonProvider.scala
index 25d5ae2..a97a925 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jersey/providers/JerksonProvider.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/com/codahale/jersey/providers/JerksonProvider.scala
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class JerksonProvider[A] extends AbstractMessageReaderWriterProvider[A] {
     try {
       Json.generate(t, entityStream)
     } catch {
-      case e: IOException => logger.debug("Error writing to stream", e)
-      case e => logger.error("Error encoding %s as JSON".format(t, e))
+      case e: IOException => throw new WebApplicationException("Error writing to stream", e)
+      case e => throw new WebApplicationException("Error encoding %s as JSON".format(t, e))
     }
   }