diff --git a/backend/src/database.ts b/backend/src/database.ts
index 9d21ac28e..4eba8cb6f 100644
--- a/backend/src/database.ts
+++ b/backend/src/database.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
         }).then(result => {
           resolve(result);
         }).catch(error => {
-          logger.debug(`database query "${query?.slice(0, 100)}" failed!`);
+          logger.debug(`database query "${query?.sql?.slice(0, 160) || (typeof(query) === 'string' || query instanceof String ? query?.slice(0, 160) : 'unknown query')}" failed!`);
           reject(error);
         }).finally(() => {
           clearTimeout(timer);
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ import { execSync } from 'child_process';
         const pool = await this.getPool();
         return pool.query(query, params);
       } catch (e) {
-        logger.debug(`database query "${query?.slice(0, 100)}" failed!`);
+        logger.debug(`database query "${query?.sql?.slice(0, 160) || (typeof(query) === 'string' || query instanceof String ? query?.slice(0, 160) : 'unknown query')}" failed!`);
         throw e;
       }
     }