diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel.java
index 07a527d390..8c3f7ea298 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.ClientSocketChannelFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannelConfig;
 import org.jboss.netty.handler.codec.frame.DelimiterBasedFrameDecoder;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.LinkedTransferQueue;
 
 /**
@@ -57,6 +59,9 @@ import org.jboss.netty.util.internal.LinkedTransferQueue;
 class HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
         implements org.jboss.netty.channel.socket.SocketChannel {
 
+    static final InternalLogger logger =
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel.class);
+
     private final Lock reconnectLock = new ReentrantLock();
 
     volatile boolean awaitingInitialResponse = true;
@@ -257,6 +262,7 @@ class HttpTunnelingClientSocketChannel extends AbstractChannel
 
         @Override
         public void exceptionCaught(ChannelHandlerContext ctx, ExceptionEvent e) throws Exception {
+            logger.warn("Unexpected exception", e.getCause());
             channel.close();
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingServlet.java b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingServlet.java
index d50d2091bd..7907d0f035 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jboss/netty/channel/socket/http/HttpTunnelingServlet.java
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffer;
 import org.jboss.netty.buffer.ChannelBuffers;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.Channel;
 import org.jboss.netty.channel.MessageEvent;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLogger;
+import org.jboss.netty.logging.InternalLoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * A Servlet that acts as a proxy for a netty channel
@@ -48,12 +50,15 @@ public class HttpTunnelingServlet extends HttpServlet {
 
     private static final long serialVersionUID = -872309493835745385L;
 
+    private static final InternalLogger logger =
+        InternalLoggerFactory.getInstance(HttpTunnelingServlet.class);
+
     final static String CHANNEL_PROP = "channel";
     final static String HANDLER_PROP = "handler";
 
     protected void doRequest(
             HttpServletRequest request,
-            HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
+            HttpServletResponse response) {
         HttpSession session = request.getSession();
         Channel channel = (Channel) session.getAttribute(CHANNEL_PROP);
         HttpTunnelingChannelHandler handler =
@@ -64,6 +69,8 @@ public class HttpTunnelingServlet extends HttpServlet {
             } else {
                 pollResponse(channel, request, response, session, handler);
             }
+        } catch (Throwable t) {
+            logger.warn("Unexpected exception", t);
         } finally {
             try {
                 request.getInputStream().close();