diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ConfigurationParameters.java b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ConfigurationParameters.java
index dc0978f..149f1b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ConfigurationParameters.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ConfigurationParameters.java
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ public class ConfigurationParameters {
     static boolean logDetailAfterStatement = true;
     static boolean logAddBatchDetail = true;
     static boolean logAddBatch = true;
-    static boolean logExecuteBatchDetail =true;
+    static boolean logExecuteBatchDetail = true;
+    static boolean logExceptions = true;
 
     static {
         ClassLoader loader = ConfigurationParameters.class.getClassLoader();
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public class ConfigurationParameters {
             initLogAddBatch();
             initLogAddBatchDetail();
             initLogExecuteBatchDetail();
+            initLogExceptions();
 
         } catch (Exception e) {
             logger.error(e.getMessage(), e);
@@ -143,5 +145,8 @@ private static void initLogExecuteBatchDetail() {
         logExecuteBatchDetail = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(props.getProperty("jdbcdslog.logExecuteBatchDetail", "false"));
     }
 
+    private static void initLogExceptions() {
+        logExceptions = "true".equalsIgnoreCase(props.getProperty("jdbcdslog.logExceptions", "false"));
+    }
     /* init parameters end. */
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/LogUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/LogUtils.java
index dd279bc..ca2188f 100755
--- a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/LogUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/LogUtils.java
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
 
 public class LogUtils {
 
-    static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LogUtils.class);
-
     public final static String CONNECTION_ID_MDC_KEY = "jdbcdslog.connectionId";
 
     private final static String NAMED_PARAMETERS_PREFIX = ":";
@@ -27,16 +24,14 @@ public static void handleException(Throwable e, Logger l, StringBuilder msg) thr
             e = ((InvocationTargetException) e).getTargetException();
         }
 
-        l.error(msg.toString(), e);
+        if (ConfigurationParameters.logExceptions) {
+            l.error(msg.toString(), e);
+        }
         throw e;
     }
 
     /**
      * Append Elapsed Time to log message if it is configured to be included.
-     *
-     * @param sb
-     * @param elapsedTimeInNano
-     * @return
      */
     public static StringBuilder appendElapsedTime(StringBuilder sb, long elapsedTimeInNano) {
         if (ConfigurationParameters.showTime) {
@@ -80,7 +75,7 @@ public static StringBuilder appendStackTrace(StringBuilder sb) {
     }
 
     public static int firstNonJdbcDsLogStackIndex(StackTraceElement[] stackTraces) {
-        int i = 0;
+        int i;
         for (i = 0; i < stackTraces.length; ++i) {
             if ( ! stackTraces[i].getClassName().startsWith("org.jdbcdslog")) {
                 break;
@@ -270,7 +265,6 @@ protected static String replaceEach(String text, String[] searchList, String[] r
         // index on index that the match was found
         int textIndex = -1;
         int replaceIndex = -1;
-        int tempIndex = -1;
 
         // index of replace array that will replace the search string found
         // NOTE: logic duplicated below START
@@ -279,7 +273,7 @@ protected static String replaceEach(String text, String[] searchList, String[] r
                     searchList[i].length() == 0 || replacementList[i] == null) {
                 continue;
             }
-            tempIndex = text.indexOf(searchList[i]);
+            int tempIndex = text.indexOf(searchList[i]);
 
             // see if we need to keep searching for this
             if (tempIndex == -1) {
@@ -329,7 +323,7 @@ protected static String replaceEach(String text, String[] searchList, String[] r
 
             textIndex = -1;
             replaceIndex = -1;
-            tempIndex = -1;
+            int tempIndex;
             // find the next earliest match
             // NOTE: logic mostly duplicated above START
             for (int i = 0; i < searchLength; i++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ResultSetLoggingHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ResultSetLoggingHandler.java
index 97a1e9f..3939919 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ResultSetLoggingHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jdbcdslog/ResultSetLoggingHandler.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class ResultSetLoggingHandler extends LoggingHandlerSupport<ResultSet> {
 
     public ResultSetLoggingHandler(LogMetaData logMetaData, ResultSet target) {
         super(target);
+        this.logMetaData = logMetaData;
     }
 
     @Override