diff --git a/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts b/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
index c8dfa01..88d8fa5 100644
--- a/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
+++ b/src/Socket/messages-recv.ts
@@ -547,7 +547,8 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 		const { fullMessage: msg, category, author, decrypt } = decryptMessageNode(
 			node,
 			authState.creds.me!.id,
-			signalRepository
+			signalRepository,
+			logger,
 		)
 		if(shouldIgnoreJid(msg.key.remoteJid!)) {
 			logger.debug({ key: msg.key }, 'ignored message')
@@ -561,10 +562,6 @@ export const makeMessagesRecvSocket = (config: SocketConfig) => {
 					await decrypt()
 					// message failed to decrypt
 					if(msg.messageStubType === proto.WebMessageInfo.StubType.CIPHERTEXT) {
-						logger.error(
-							{ key: msg.key, params: msg.messageStubParameters },
-							'failure in decrypting message'
-						)
 						retryMutex.mutex(
 							async() => {
 								if(ws.readyState === ws.OPEN) {
diff --git a/src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts b/src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts
index 1677051..ebec0de 100644
--- a/src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts
+++ b/src/Utils/decode-wa-message.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { Boom } from '@hapi/boom'
+import { Logger } from 'pino'
 import { proto } from '../../WAProto'
 import { SignalRepository, WAMessageKey } from '../Types'
 import { areJidsSameUser, BinaryNode, isJidBroadcast, isJidGroup, isJidStatusBroadcast, isJidUser } from '../WABinary'
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ export function decodeMessageNode(
 export const decryptMessageNode = (
 	stanza: BinaryNode,
 	meId: string,
-	repository: SignalRepository
+	repository: SignalRepository,
+	logger: Logger
 ) => {
 	const { fullMessage, author, sender } = decodeMessageNode(stanza, meId)
 	return {
@@ -163,9 +165,13 @@ export const decryptMessageNode = (
 						} else {
 							fullMessage.message = msg
 						}
-					} catch(error) {
+					} catch(err) {
+						logger.error(
+							{ key: fullMessage.key, err },
+							'failed to decrypt message'
+						)
 						fullMessage.messageStubType = proto.WebMessageInfo.StubType.CIPHERTEXT
-						fullMessage.messageStubParameters = [error.message]
+						fullMessage.messageStubParameters = [err.message]
 					}
 				}
 			}