diff --git a/cronjobs/pplns_payout.php b/cronjobs/pplns_payout.php
index ece9cb4d..11841bb3 100755
--- a/cronjobs/pplns_payout.php
+++ b/cronjobs/pplns_payout.php
@@ -209,15 +209,15 @@ foreach ($aAllBlocks as $iIndex => $aBlock) {
 
     // Move counted shares to archive before this blockhash upstream share
     if (!$share->moveArchive($iCurrentUpstreamId, $aBlock['id'], $iPreviousShareId))
-      $log->logError('Failed to copy shares to archive table');
+      $log->logError('Failed to copy shares to archive table: ' . $share->getError());
     // Delete all accounted shares
     if (!$share->deleteAccountedShares($iCurrentUpstreamId, $iPreviousShareId)) {
-      $log->logFatal("Failed to delete accounted shares from $iPreviousShareId to $iCurrentUpstreamId, aborting!");
+      $log->logFatal("Failed to delete accounted shares from $iPreviousShareId to $iCurrentUpstreamId, aborting! Error: " . $share->getError());
       $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0016', 1, true);
     }
     // Mark this block as accounted for
     if (!$block->setAccounted($aBlock['id'])) {
-      $log->logFatal("Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborting!");
+      $log->logFatal("Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborting! Error: " . $block->getError());
       $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0014', 1, true);
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/cronjobs/pps_payout.php b/cronjobs/pps_payout.php
index 91fdcddc..468a4694 100755
--- a/cronjobs/pps_payout.php
+++ b/cronjobs/pps_payout.php
@@ -146,23 +146,17 @@ foreach ($aAllBlocks as $iIndex => $aBlock) {
   // Move shares to archive
   if ($aBlock['share_id'] < $iLastShareId) {
     if (!$share->moveArchive($aBlock['share_id'], $aBlock['id'], @$iLastBlockShare))
-      $log->logError("Archving failed");
+      $log->logError("Failed to copy shares to archive: " . $share->getError());
   }
   // Delete shares
   if ($aBlock['share_id'] < $iLastShareId && !$share->deleteAccountedShares($aBlock['share_id'], $iLastBlockShare)) {
-    $log->logFatal("Failed to delete accounted shares from " . $aBlock['share_id'] . " to " . $iLastBlockShare . ", aborting!");
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_active", "yesno", 0);
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_message", "message", "Failed to delete accounted shares from " . $aBlock['share_id'] . " to " . $iLastBlockShare);
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_status", "okerror", 1);
-    exit(1);
+    $log->logFatal("Failed to delete accounted shares from " . $aBlock['share_id'] . " to " . $iLastBlockShare . ", aborting! Error: " . $share->getError());
+    $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0016', 1, true);
   }
   // Mark this block as accounted for
   if (!$block->setAccounted($aBlock['id'])) {
-    $log->logFatal("Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborting!");
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_active", "yesno", 0);
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_message", "message", "Failed to mark block " . $aBlock['height'] . " as accounted");
-    $monitoring->setStatus($cron_name . "_status", "okerror", 1);
-    exit(1);
+    $log->logFatal("Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborting! Error: " . $block->getError());
+    $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0014', 1, true);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/cronjobs/proportional_payout.php b/cronjobs/proportional_payout.php
index f9a6bba6..0fb78090 100755
--- a/cronjobs/proportional_payout.php
+++ b/cronjobs/proportional_payout.php
@@ -105,15 +105,15 @@ foreach ($aAllBlocks as $iIndex => $aBlock) {
 
     // Move counted shares to archive before this blockhash upstream share
     if (!$share->moveArchive($iCurrentUpstreamId, $aBlock['id'], $iPreviousShareId))
-      $log->logError('Failed to copy shares to archive');
+      $log->logError('Failed to copy shares to archive: ' . $share->getError());
     // Delete all accounted shares
     if (!$share->deleteAccountedShares($iCurrentUpstreamId, $iPreviousShareId)) {
-      $log->logFatal('Failed to delete accounted shares from ' . $iPreviousShareId . ' to ' . $iCurrentUpstreamId . ', aborted');
+      $log->logFatal('Failed to delete accounted shares from ' . $iPreviousShareId . ' to ' . $iCurrentUpstreamId . ', aborted! Error: ' . $share->getError());
       $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0016', 1, true);
     }
     // Mark this block as accounted for
     if (!$block->setAccounted($aBlock['id'])) {
-      $log->logFatal('Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborted.');
+      $log->logFatal('Failed to mark block as accounted! Aborted! Error: ' . $block->getError());
       $monitoring->endCronjob($cron_name, 'E0014', 1, true);
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/public/include/classes/share.class.php b/public/include/classes/share.class.php
index 592e1851..adaae9bf 100644
--- a/public/include/classes/share.class.php
+++ b/public/include/classes/share.class.php
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ class Share Extends Base {
       return true;
     }
     // Catchall
+    $this->setErrorMessage('Archiving shares failed: ' . $this->mysqli->error);
     return false;
   }
 
@@ -236,6 +237,7 @@ class Share Extends Base {
     if ($this->checkStmt($stmt) && $stmt->bind_param('ii', $previous_upstream, $current_upstream) && $stmt->execute())
       return true;
     // Catchall
+    $this->setErrorMessage('Deleting shares failed: ' . $this->mysqli->error);
     return false;
   }
   /**