diff --git a/pkg/service/v0/service.go b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
index 28b3052e84..5ae4cb095a 100644
--- a/pkg/service/v0/service.go
+++ b/pkg/service/v0/service.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/v2/log"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails/imgsource"
@@ -28,10 +29,15 @@ func NewService(opts ...Option) Service {
 	svc := Thumbnail{
 		config: options.Config,
 		mux:    m,
-		manager: thumbnails.SimpleManager{
-			Storage: storage.NewFileSystemStorage(options.Config.FileSystemStorage),
-		},
+		manager: thumbnails.NewSimpleManager(
+			storage.NewFileSystemStorage(
+				options.Config.FileSystemStorage,
+				options.Logger,
+			),
+			options.Logger,
+		),
 		source: imgsource.NewWebDavSource(options.Config.WebDavSource),
+		logger: options.Logger,
 	}
 
 	m.Route(options.Config.HTTP.Root, func(r chi.Router) {
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ type Thumbnail struct {
 	mux     *chi.Mux
 	manager thumbnails.Manager
 	source  imgsource.Source
+	logger  log.Logger
 }
 
 // ServeHTTP implements the Service interface.
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/storage/filesystem.go b/pkg/thumbnails/storage/filesystem.go
index e92e91bdf2..e59b77170e 100644
--- a/pkg/thumbnails/storage/filesystem.go
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/storage/filesystem.go
@@ -8,25 +8,29 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/v2/log"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/config"
 )
 
 // NewFileSystemStorage creates a new instanz of FileSystem
-func NewFileSystemStorage(cfg config.FileSystemStorage) FileSystem {
+func NewFileSystemStorage(cfg config.FileSystemStorage, logger log.Logger) FileSystem {
 	return FileSystem{
-		dir: cfg.RootDirectory,
+		dir:    cfg.RootDirectory,
+		logger: logger,
 	}
 }
 
 // FileSystem represents a storage for the thumbnails using the local file system.
 type FileSystem struct {
-	dir string
+	dir    string
+	logger log.Logger
 }
 
 // Get loads the image from the file system.
 func (s FileSystem) Get(key string) []byte {
 	content, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(s.dir, key))
 	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("could not read file %s", key)
 		return nil
 	}
 
@@ -43,13 +47,12 @@ func (s FileSystem) Set(key string, img []byte) error {
 
 	f, err := os.Create(path)
 	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Println(err.Error())
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not create file \"%s\" error: %s", key, err.Error())
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
 	_, err = f.Write(img)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("could not write to file \"%s\" error: %s", key, err.Error())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go b/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go
index 7172bacd4c..c13f4c5b0c 100644
--- a/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go
+++ b/pkg/thumbnails/thumbnails.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"image"
 
 	"github.com/nfnt/resize"
+	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-pkg/v2/log"
 	"github.com/owncloud/ocis-thumbnails/pkg/thumbnails/storage"
 )
 
@@ -26,16 +27,24 @@ type Manager interface {
 	GetStored(Context) []byte
 }
 
+func NewSimpleManager(storage storage.Storage, logger log.Logger) SimpleManager {
+	return SimpleManager{
+		storage: storage,
+		logger:  logger,
+	}
+}
+
 // SimpleManager is a simple implementation of Manager
 type SimpleManager struct {
-	Storage storage.Storage
+	storage storage.Storage
+	logger  log.Logger
 }
 
 // Get implements the Get Method of Manager
 func (s SimpleManager) Get(ctx Context, img image.Image) ([]byte, error) {
 	thumbnail := s.generate(ctx, img)
 
-	key := s.Storage.BuildKey(mapToStorageContext(ctx))
+	key := s.storage.BuildKey(mapToStorageContext(ctx))
 
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	err := ctx.Encoder.Encode(buf, thumbnail)
@@ -43,15 +52,18 @@ func (s SimpleManager) Get(ctx Context, img image.Image) ([]byte, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	bytes := buf.Bytes()
-	s.Storage.Set(key, bytes)
+	err = s.storage.Set(key, bytes)
+	if err != nil {
+		s.logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("could not store thumbnail")
+	}
 	return bytes, nil
 }
 
 // GetStored tries to get the stored thumbnail and return it.
 // If there is no cached thumbnail it will return nil
 func (s SimpleManager) GetStored(ctx Context) []byte {
-	key := s.Storage.BuildKey(mapToStorageContext(ctx))
-	stored := s.Storage.Get(key)
+	key := s.storage.BuildKey(mapToStorageContext(ctx))
+	stored := s.storage.Get(key)
 	return stored
 }