diff --git a/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py b/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
index e3769f8c94f..e2c85829dbc 100644
--- a/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
+++ b/src/ert/scheduler/lsf_driver.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     Awaitable,
     Callable,
     Dict,
+    List,
     Mapping,
     MutableMapping,
     Optional,
@@ -100,8 +101,7 @@ async def run_with_retries(
             try:
                 await func()
                 return
-            except (asyncio.CancelledError, IndexError) as e:
-                logger.error(e)
+            except (asyncio.CancelledError, RuntimeError):
                 await asyncio.sleep(self._retry_sleep_period)
         raise RuntimeError(error_msg)
 
@@ -116,18 +116,33 @@ async def submit(
     async def _submit_once(
         self, iens: int, executable: str, /, *args: str, cwd: str, job_name: str
     ) -> None:
-        process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
-            self._bsub_cmd,
+        bsub_with_args: List[str] = [
+            str(self._bsub_cmd),
             "-J",
             job_name,
             executable,
-            cwd,
+        ]
+        process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+            *bsub_with_args,
+            cwd=cwd,
             stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+            stderr=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
         )
-        job_id, _ = await process.communicate()
-        job_id_ = (
-            job_id.decode("utf-8").strip().replace("<", "").replace(">", "").split()[1]
-        )
+        job_id, stderr = await process.communicate()
+        try:
+            job_id_ = (
+                job_id.decode("utf-8")
+                .strip()
+                .replace("<", "")
+                .replace(">", "")
+                .split()[1]
+            )
+        except IndexError as err:
+            logger.error(
+                f"Command \"{' '.join(bsub_with_args)}\" failed with error message: {stderr.decode()}"
+            )
+            raise RuntimeError from err
+
         (Path(cwd) / LSF_JSON).write_text(
             json.dumps({"job_id": job_id_}), encoding="utf-8"
         )
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py b/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
index c7d38e05c44..59707cb13fc 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/scheduler/test_lsf_driver.py
@@ -31,3 +31,19 @@ async def test_submit_poll_and_kill():
 
     with contextlib.suppress(asyncio.CancelledError):
         await poll_task
+
+
+@pytest.mark.timeout(5)
+@pytest.mark.requires_lsf
+async def test_job_name():
+    driver = LsfDriver()
+    iens: int = 0
+    await driver.submit(iens, "sleep 99", cwd=".", job_name="my_job_name")
+    jobid = driver._iens2jobid[iens]
+    bjobs_process = await asyncio.create_subprocess_exec(
+        "bjobs",
+        jobid,
+        stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE,
+    )
+    stdout, _ = await bjobs_process.communicate()
+    assert "my_job_name" in stdout.decode()