diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins.go b/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins.go
index 01b764f14d..478fb4882d 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins.go
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ func (q QueryHandler) Query(request wasmvmtypes.QueryRequest, gasLimit uint64) (
 	}
 
 	// Issue #759 - we don't return error string for worries of non-determinism
+	moduleLogger(q.Ctx).Debug("Redacting submessage error", "cause", err)
 	return nil, redactError(err)
 }
 
diff --git a/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins_test.go b/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins_test.go
index 959c85ea3e..dba07bb361 100644
--- a/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins_test.go
+++ b/x/wasm/keeper/query_plugins_test.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 
 	wasmvmtypes "github.com/CosmWasm/wasmvm/types"
 	dbm "github.com/cometbft/cometbft-db"
+	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/libs/log"
 	"github.com/cometbft/cometbft/libs/rand"
 	tmproto "github.com/cometbft/cometbft/proto/tendermint/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/gogoproto/proto"
@@ -688,7 +689,7 @@ func TestQueryErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			mock := keeper.WasmVMQueryHandlerFn(func(ctx sdk.Context, caller sdk.AccAddress, request wasmvmtypes.QueryRequest) ([]byte, error) {
 				return nil, spec.src
 			})
-			ctx := sdk.Context{}.WithGasMeter(sdk.NewInfiniteGasMeter()).WithMultiStore(store.NewCommitMultiStore(dbm.NewMemDB()))
+			ctx := sdk.Context{}.WithGasMeter(sdk.NewInfiniteGasMeter()).WithMultiStore(store.NewCommitMultiStore(dbm.NewMemDB())).WithLogger(log.TestingLogger())
 			q := keeper.NewQueryHandler(ctx, mock, sdk.AccAddress{}, keeper.NewDefaultWasmGasRegister())
 			_, gotErr := q.Query(wasmvmtypes.QueryRequest{}, 1)
 			assert.Equal(t, spec.expErr, gotErr)