diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
index 08c4ca90a..642cf8910 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/CheckForNewAppVersionTask.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import okhttp3.Response;
 public class CheckForNewAppVersionTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
 
     private static final boolean DEBUG = MainActivity.DEBUG;
+    private static final String TAG = CheckForNewAppVersionTask.class.getSimpleName();
     private static final Application app = App.getApp();
     private static final String GITHUB_APK_SHA1 = "B0:2E:90:7C:1C:D6:FC:57:C3:35:F0:88:D0:8F:50:5F:94:E4:D2:15";
     private static final String newPipeApiUrl = "https://newpipe.schabi.org/api/data.json";
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class CheckForNewAppVersionTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
             return response.body().string();
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             // connectivity problems, do not alarm user and fail silently
-	    if (DEBUG) ex.printStackTrace();
+	    if (DEBUG) Log.w(TAG, Log.getStackTraceString(ex));
         }
 
         return null;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ public class CheckForNewAppVersionTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
 
             } catch (JSONException ex) {
                 // connectivity problems, do not alarm user and fail silently
-	        if (DEBUG) ex.printStackTrace();
+	        if (DEBUG) Log.w(TAG, Log.getStackTraceString(ex));
             }
         }
     }