diff --git a/src/Gui/Application.cpp b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
index 797e0c0118..62a1c09bad 100644
--- a/src/Gui/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/Gui/Application.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ bool Application::activateWorkbench(const char* name)
         }
 
         Base::Console().Error("%s\n", (const char*)msg.toLatin1());
-        Base::Console().Log("%s\n", e.getStackTrace().c_str());
+        Base::Console().Error("%s\n", e.getStackTrace().c_str());
         if (!d->startingUp) {
             wc.restoreCursor();
             QMessageBox::critical(getMainWindow(), QObject::tr("Workbench failure"),