diff --git a/oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/SegmentStoreMigrator.java b/oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/SegmentStoreMigrator.java
index 023f4082d2..5cac0443cb 100644
--- a/oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/SegmentStoreMigrator.java
+++ b/oak-segment-azure/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/segment/azure/tool/SegmentStoreMigrator.java
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ public class SegmentStoreMigrator implements Closeable  {
                     migrateSegments(reader, writer);
                     migrateBinaryRef(reader, writer);
                     migrateGraph(reader, writer);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    log.error("Can't write archive", e);
+                    throw e;
                 } finally {
                     writer.close();
                 }