diff --git a/internal/api/errorhandling.go b/internal/api/errorhandling.go
index 346841f3f..f6fec4168 100644
--- a/internal/api/errorhandling.go
+++ b/internal/api/errorhandling.go
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ func genericErrorHandler(c *gin.Context, instanceGet func(ctx context.Context, d
 // if something goes wrong during the function, it will recover and just try to serve
 // an appropriate application/json content-type error.
 func ErrorHandler(c *gin.Context, errWithCode gtserror.WithCode, instanceGet func(ctx context.Context, domain string) (*apimodel.Instance, gtserror.WithCode)) {
+	// set the error on the gin context so that it can be logged
+	// in the gin logger middleware (internal/router/logger.go)
+	c.Error(errWithCode) //nolint:errcheck
+
 	// discover if we're allowed to serve a nice html error page,
 	// or if we should just use a json. Normally we would want to
 	// check for a returned error, but if an error occurs here we
diff --git a/internal/db/bundb/domain.go b/internal/db/bundb/domain.go
index 4cad75e4d..0d67837d7 100644
--- a/internal/db/bundb/domain.go
+++ b/internal/db/bundb/domain.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func (d *domainDB) DeleteDomainBlock(ctx context.Context, domain string) db.Erro
 	_, err := d.conn.NewDelete().
 		Model((*gtsmodel.DomainBlock)(nil)).
 		Where("domain = ?", domain).
-		Exec(ctx, nil)
+		Exec(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return d.conn.ProcessError(err)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/router/logger.go b/internal/router/logger.go
index 2e23b9cfb..6eb271a84 100644
--- a/internal/router/logger.go
+++ b/internal/router/logger.go
@@ -72,29 +72,21 @@ func loggingMiddleware(c *gin.Context) {
 		fields[4] = kv.Field{"statusCode", code}
 		fields[5] = kv.Field{"path", path}
 
-		var lvl level.LEVEL
+		// Create log entry with fields
+		l := log.WithFields(fields...)
 
 		// Default is info
-		lvl = level.INFO
+		lvl := level.INFO
 
 		if code >= 500 {
 			// This is a server error
 			lvl = level.ERROR
-
-			if len(c.Errors) > 0 {
-				// Add an error string log field
-				fields = append(fields, kv.Field{
-					"error", c.Errors.String(),
-				})
-			}
+			l = l.WithField("error", c.Errors)
 		}
 
 		// Generate a nicer looking bytecount
 		size := bytesize.Size(c.Writer.Size())
 
-		// Create log entry with fields
-		l := log.WithFields(fields...)
-
 		// Finally, write log entry with status text body size
 		l.Logf(lvl, "%s: wrote %s", http.StatusText(code), size)
 	}()