diff --git a/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php b/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
index 974f26fa38122..b8154cade92f3 100644
--- a/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
+++ b/lib/private/legacy/OC_Template.php
@@ -275,8 +275,10 @@ public static function printErrorPage($error_msg, $hint = '', $statusCode = 500)
 	 * @suppress PhanAccessMethodInternal
 	 */
 	public static function printExceptionErrorPage($exception, $statusCode = 503) {
+		$debug = false;
 		http_response_code($statusCode);
 		try {
+			$debug = \OC::$server->getSystemConfig()->getValue('debug', false);
 			$request = \OC::$server->getRequest();
 			$content = new \OC_Template('', 'exception', 'error', false);
 			$content->assign('errorClass', get_class($exception));
@@ -285,7 +287,7 @@ public static function printExceptionErrorPage($exception, $statusCode = 503) {
 			$content->assign('file', $exception->getFile());
 			$content->assign('line', $exception->getLine());
 			$content->assign('exception', $exception);
-			$content->assign('debugMode', \OC::$server->getSystemConfig()->getValue('debug', false));
+			$content->assign('debugMode', $debug);
 			$content->assign('remoteAddr', $request->getRemoteAddress());
 			$content->assign('requestID', $request->getId());
 			$content->printPage();
@@ -296,22 +298,28 @@ public static function printExceptionErrorPage($exception, $statusCode = 503) {
 				$logger->logException($e, ['app' => 'core']);
 			} catch (Throwable $e) {
 				// no way to log it properly - but to avoid a white page of death we send some output
-				header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
-				print("Internal Server Error\n\n");
-				print("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.\n");
-				print("Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.\n");
-				print("More details can be found in the server log.\n");
+				self::printPlainErrorPage($e, $debug);
 
 				// and then throw it again to log it at least to the web server error log
 				throw $e;
 			}
 
-			header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
-			print("Internal Server Error\n\n");
-			print("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.\n");
-			print("Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.\n");
-			print("More details can be found in the server log.\n");
+			self::printPlainErrorPage($e, $debug);
 		}
 		die();
 	}
+
+	private static function printPlainErrorPage(\Throwable $exception, bool $debug = false) {
+		header('Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8');
+		print("Internal Server Error\n\n");
+		print("The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.\n");
+		print("Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.\n");
+		print("More details can be found in the server log.\n");
+
+		if ($debug) {
+			print("\n");
+			print($exception->getMessage() . ' ' . $exception->getFile() . ' at ' . $exception->getLine() . "\n");
+			print($exception->getTraceAsString());
+		}
+	}
 }