diff --git a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageView.java b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageView.java
index 959ba164e..482c742ca 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageView.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/activity/MessageView.java
@@ -954,9 +954,7 @@ public class MessageView extends Activity implements OnClickListener {
                                     62)));
         }
         catch (Exception e) {
-            /*
-             * We don't care what happened, we just return null for the preview icon.
-             */
+            Log.d(Email.LOG_TAG, "Attachment preview failed with exception " + e.getMessage());
             return null;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/com/android/email/provider/AttachmentProvider.java b/src/com/android/email/provider/AttachmentProvider.java
index 3b7818d74..2b3722a6e 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/provider/AttachmentProvider.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/provider/AttachmentProvider.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import android.graphics.BitmapFactory;
 import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.ParcelFileDescriptor;
 import android.text.TextUtils;
+import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -259,15 +260,21 @@ public class AttachmentProvider extends ContentProvider {
                     InputStream in =
                         getContext().getContentResolver().openInputStream(attachmentUri);
                     Bitmap thumbnail = createThumbnail(type, in);
+                    if (thumbnail == null) {
+                        return null;
+                    }
                     thumbnail = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(thumbnail, width, height, true);
                     FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(file);
                     thumbnail.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.PNG, 100, out);
                     out.close();
                     in.close();
-                }
-                catch (IOException ioe) {
+                } catch (IOException ioe) {
+                    Log.d(Email.LOG_TAG, "openFile/thumbnail failed with " + ioe.getMessage());
                     return null;
-                }
+                } catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
+                    Log.d(Email.LOG_TAG, "openFile/thumbnail failed with " + oome.getMessage());
+                    return null;
+            }
             }
             return ParcelFileDescriptor.open(file, ParcelFileDescriptor.MODE_READ_ONLY);
         }
@@ -366,20 +373,15 @@ public class AttachmentProvider extends ContentProvider {
         try {
             Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(data);
             return bitmap;
-        }
-        catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
-            /*
-             * Improperly downloaded images, corrupt bitmaps and the like can commonly
-             * cause OOME due to invalid allocation sizes. We're happy with a null bitmap in
-             * that case. If the system is really out of memory we'll know about it soon
-             * enough.
-             */
+        } catch (OutOfMemoryError oome) {
+            Log.d(Email.LOG_TAG, "createImageThumbnail failed with " + oome.getMessage());
             return null;
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.d(Email.LOG_TAG, "createImageThumbnail failed with " + e.getMessage());
             return null;
         }
     }
+
     /**
      * Resolve attachment id to content URI.  Returns the resolved content URI (from the attachment
      * DB) or, if not found, simply returns the incoming value.