diff --git a/keyserver/src/creators/olm-session-creator.js b/keyserver/src/creators/olm-session-creator.js
index e53c0277c..8fe7e7c54 100644
--- a/keyserver/src/creators/olm-session-creator.js
+++ b/keyserver/src/creators/olm-session-creator.js
@@ -1,43 +1,48 @@
 // @flow
 
 import type { Account as OlmAccount } from '@commapp/olm';
 
 import { ServerError } from 'lib/utils/errors.js';
 
 import { dbQuery, SQL } from '../database/database.js';
 import { fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount } from '../updaters/olm-account-updater.js';
 import { createPickledOlmSession } from '../utils/olm-utils.js';
 
 async function createOlmSession(
   initialEncryptedMessage: string,
   olmSessionType: 'content' | 'notifications',
   cookieID: string,
 ): Promise<void> {
   const callback = (account: OlmAccount, picklingKey: string) =>
     createPickledOlmSession(account, picklingKey, initialEncryptedMessage);
 
   let pickledOlmSession;
   try {
     pickledOlmSession = await fetchCallUpdateOlmAccount(
       olmSessionType,
       callback,
     );
   } catch (e) {
+    console.warn(
+      `failed to create olm session of type: ${olmSessionType} ` +
+        `for user with cookie id: ${cookieID}`,
+      e,
+    );
     throw new ServerError('olm_session_creation_failure');
   }
 
   const isContent = olmSessionType === 'content';
   // We match the native client behavior here where olm session is overwritten
   // in case it is initialized twice for the same pair of identities
   await dbQuery(
     SQL`
       INSERT INTO olm_sessions (cookie_id, is_content, 
         version, pickled_olm_session)
       VALUES (${cookieID}, ${isContent}, 0, ${pickledOlmSession})
       ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE
         pickled_olm_session = ${pickledOlmSession}
     `,
   );
 }
 
 export { createOlmSession };