diff --git a/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb b/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
index be3122ade..d77fd9862 100644
--- a/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
+++ b/app/logical/danbooru_maintenance.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ module DanbooruMaintenance
     ApplicationRecord.connection.verify!
     job.perform_later
   rescue Exception => e # rubocop:disable Lint/RescueException
-    DanbooruLogger.log(exception)
+    DanbooruLogger.log(e)
     raise e if Rails.env.test?
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb b/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
index 5d73753ba..b77301ed4 100644
--- a/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/danbooru_maintenance_test.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ class DanbooruMaintenanceTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
         perform_enqueued_jobs
       end
     end
+
+    should "log errors" do
+      assert_raise(RuntimeError) do
+        PrunePostsJob.stubs(:perform_later).raises(RuntimeError)
+        DanbooruLogger.expects(:log)
+
+        DanbooruMaintenance.hourly
+        perform_enqueued_jobs
+      end
+    end
   end
 
   context "daily maintenance" do