diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
index db4a591b1ec..edd299537a3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ private boolean saveDatabase(Path file, boolean selectedOnly, Charset encoding,
         } catch (UnsupportedCharsetException ex) {
             throw new SaveException(Localization.lang("Character encoding '%0' is not supported.", encoding.displayName()), ex);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            throw new SaveException(ex);
+            throw new SaveException("Problems saving:", ex);
         }
 
         return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/exporter/SaveException.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/exporter/SaveException.java
index 88ef9693aed..b3e8c2171c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/exporter/SaveException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/exporter/SaveException.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public class SaveException extends Exception {
     public static final SaveException BACKUP_CREATION = new SaveException("Unable to create backup",
             Localization.lang("Unable to create backup"));
 
-    private final BibEntry entry;
+    private BibEntry entry;
     private int status;
     private String localizedMessage;
 
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ public SaveException(String message, BibEntry entry) {
         this.entry = entry;
     }
 
-    public SaveException(String message, String localizedMessage, BibEntry entry) {
-        super(message);
+    public SaveException(String message, String localizedMessage, BibEntry entry, Throwable base) {
+        super(message, base);
         this.localizedMessage = localizedMessage;
         this.entry = entry;
     }
 
     public SaveException(Throwable base) {
-        this(base.getMessage(), base.getLocalizedMessage());
+        super(base.getMessage(), base);
     }
 
     public SaveException(Throwable base, BibEntry entry) {
-        this(base.getMessage(), base.getLocalizedMessage(), entry);
+        this(base.getMessage(), base.getLocalizedMessage(), entry, base);
     }
 
     public int getStatus() {