diff --git a/lib/pg_ldap_sync.rb b/lib/pg_ldap_sync.rb
index 8d0a5e0..aa0cc86 100644
--- a/lib/pg_ldap_sync.rb
+++ b/lib/pg_ldap_sync.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ module PgLdapSync
   class ApplicationExit < RuntimeError
     attr_reader :exitcode
 
-    def initialize(exitcode)
+    def initialize(exitcode, error=nil)
+      super(error)
       @exitcode = exitcode
     end
   end
diff --git a/lib/pg_ldap_sync/application.rb b/lib/pg_ldap_sync/application.rb
index 252140b..25a3e8f 100644
--- a/lib/pg_ldap_sync/application.rb
+++ b/lib/pg_ldap_sync/application.rb
@@ -384,14 +384,14 @@ class Application
 
     # Determine exitcode
     if log.had_errors?
-      raise ErrorExit, 1
+      raise ErrorExit.new(1, log.first_error)
     end
   end
 
   def self.run(argv)
     s = self.new
     s.config_fname = '/etc/pg_ldap_sync.yaml'
-    s.log = Logger.new($stdout, @error_counters)
+    s.log = Logger.new($stdout)
     s.log.level = Logger::ERROR
 
     OptionParser.new do |opts|
diff --git a/lib/pg_ldap_sync/logger.rb b/lib/pg_ldap_sync/logger.rb
index 5fa43cd..8219cb8 100644
--- a/lib/pg_ldap_sync/logger.rb
+++ b/lib/pg_ldap_sync/logger.rb
@@ -2,23 +2,27 @@ require 'logger'
 
 module PgLdapSync
 class Logger < ::Logger
-  def initialize(io, counters)
+  def initialize(io)
     super(io)
     @counters = {}
   end
 
-  def add(severity, *args)
-    @counters[severity] ||= 0
-    @counters[severity] += 1
+  def add(severity, *args, &block)
+    return unless [Logger::FATAL, Logger::ERROR].include?(severity)
+    @counters[severity] ||= block ? block.call : args.first
     super
   end
 
   def had_logged?(severity)
-    @counters[severity] && @counters[severity] > 0
+    !!@counters[severity]
   end
 
   def had_errors?
     had_logged?(Logger::FATAL) || had_logged?(Logger::ERROR)
   end
+
+  def first_error
+    @counters[Logger::FATAL] || @counters[Logger::ERROR]
+  end
 end
 end