diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutor.java b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutor.java
index e7a017a291..98756f7eb6 100644
--- a/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutor.java
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutor.java
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@
  */
 package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.workflow;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.HasMetadata;
 
 abstract class NodeExecutor<R, P extends HasMetadata> implements Runnable {
 
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(NodeExecutor.class);
+
   private final DependentResourceNode<R, P> dependentResourceNode;
   private final AbstractWorkflowExecutor<P> workflowExecutor;
 
@@ -37,6 +42,10 @@ public void run() {
     } catch (Exception e) {
       // Exception is required because of Kotlin
       workflowExecutor.handleExceptionInExecutor(dependentResourceNode, e);
+    } catch (Error e) {
+      // without this user would see no sign about the error
+      log.error("java.lang.Error during execution", e);
+      throw e;
     } finally {
       workflowExecutor.handleNodeExecutionFinish(dependentResourceNode);
     }
diff --git a/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutorTest.java b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutorTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..870bae9c58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/operator-framework-core/src/test/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/processing/dependent/workflow/NodeExecutorTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Java Operator SDK Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package io.javaoperatorsdk.operator.processing.dependent.workflow;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
+
+class NodeExecutorTest {
+
+  private NodeExecutor errorThrowingNodeExecutor =
+      new NodeExecutor(null, null) {
+        @Override
+        protected void doRun(DependentResourceNode dependentResourceNode) {
+          throw new NoSuchFieldError();
+        }
+      };
+
+  // for manual testing only to verify you can see the log message
+  @Disabled
+  @Test
+  void nodeExecutorLogsError() throws InterruptedException {
+    ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newSingleThreadExecutor();
+    executorService.submit(errorThrowingNodeExecutor);
+    Thread.sleep(500);
+  }
+}