diff --git a/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/Proxy.py b/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/Proxy.py
index ab8bbe158a1..f393c8c8172 100644
--- a/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/Proxy.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/Core/Utilities/Proxy.py
@@ -160,10 +160,6 @@ def wrapped_fcn(*args, **kwargs):
 
         try:
             return fcn(*args, **kwargs)
-        except Exception as lException:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
-            value = ",".join([str(arg) for arg in lException.args])
-            exceptType = lException.__class__.__name__
-            return S_ERROR(f"Exception - {exceptType}: {value}")
         finally:
             # Restore the default host certificate usage if necessary
             if useServerCertificate:
diff --git a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/scripts/dirac_jobexec.py b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/scripts/dirac_jobexec.py
index e4d7ae198df..84844a56c4a 100755
--- a/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/scripts/dirac_jobexec.py
+++ b/src/DIRAC/WorkloadManagementSystem/scripts/dirac_jobexec.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import DIRAC
 from DIRAC.Core.Base.Script import Script
+from DIRAC.Core.Utilities.ReturnValues import S_ERROR
 
 
 @Script()
@@ -87,9 +88,13 @@ def jobexec(jobxml, wfParameters):
             parDict[name] = value
 
     gLogger.debug("PYTHONPATH:\n%s" % ("\n".join(sys.path)))
-    jobExec = jobexec(jobXMLfile, parDict)
+    try:
+        jobExec = jobexec(jobXMLfile, parDict)
+    except Exception as e:
+        gLogger.exception("Workflow execution failed")
+        jobExec = S_ERROR(f"Workflow execution failed: {e}")
     if not jobExec["OK"]:
-        gLogger.debug("Workflow execution finished with errors, exiting")
+        gLogger.notice("Workflow execution finished with errors, exiting")
         if jobExec["Errno"]:
             sys.exit(jobExec["Errno"])
         else: