diff --git a/backend/src/services/app-connection/github/github-connection-fns.ts b/backend/src/services/app-connection/github/github-connection-fns.ts
index c1542bbd9..f93ffc56d 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/app-connection/github/github-connection-fns.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/app-connection/github/github-connection-fns.ts
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ export const validateGitHubConnectionCredentials = async (
       });
     }
   } catch (e: unknown) {
+    logger.error(e, "Unable to verify GitHub connection");
+
     if (e instanceof BadRequestError) {
       throw e;
     }