diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
index ed370c5bcdb0..197856d2d0a3 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/indexing/tasks.py
@@ -640,12 +640,16 @@ def connector_indexing_proxy_task(
                 continue
 
         if job.status == "error":
+            exit_code: int | None = None
+            if job.process:
+                exit_code = job.process.exitcode
             task_logger.error(
                 "Indexing watchdog - spawned task exceptioned: "
                 f"attempt={index_attempt_id} "
                 f"tenant={tenant_id} "
                 f"cc_pair={cc_pair_id} "
                 f"search_settings={search_settings_id} "
+                f"exit_code={exit_code} "
                 f"error={job.exception()}"
             )
 
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py b/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
index 602ec4294c0b..a31b7b3119e8 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/indexing/job_client.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class SimpleJob:
             return "running"
         elif self.process.exitcode is None:
             return "cancelled"
-        elif self.process.exitcode > 0:
+        elif self.process.exitcode != 0:
             return "error"
         else:
             return "finished"
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ class SimpleJobClient:
         self._cleanup_completed_jobs()
         if len(self.jobs) >= self.n_workers:
             logger.debug(
-                f"No available workers to run job. Currently running '{len(self.jobs)}' jobs, with a limit of '{self.n_workers}'."
+                f"No available workers to run job. "
+                f"Currently running '{len(self.jobs)}' jobs, with a limit of '{self.n_workers}'."
             )
             return None