diff --git a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpan.java b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpan.java
index eea68bdb3b..050557613d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpan.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpan.java
@@ -91,9 +91,7 @@ public class DDSpan implements io.opentracing.Span {
 
         // warn if one of the parent's children is not finished
         if (this.isRootSpan()) {
-            logger.debug("{} - The current span is marked as a root span", this);
             List<Span> spans = this.context.getTrace();
-            logger.debug("{} - Checking {} children attached to the current span", this, spans.size());
 
             for (Span span : spans) {
                 if (((DDSpan) span).getDurationNano() == 0L) {
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ public class DDSpan implements io.opentracing.Span {
                 }
             }
             this.context.getTracer().write(this.context.getTrace());
-            logger.debug("{} - Sending the trace to the writer", this);
+            logger.debug("{} - Write the trace", this);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpanContext.java b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpanContext.java
index 37c146b115..bc39d85c81 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpanContext.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDSpanContext.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.datadoghq.trace;
 
 
+import java.awt.print.Book;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import com.datadoghq.trace.integration.DDSpanContextDecorator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 
 import io.opentracing.Span;
+import io.opentracing.tag.Tags;
 
 /**
  * SpanContext represents Span state that must propagate to descendant Spans and across process boundaries.
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ public class DDSpanContext implements io.opentracing.SpanContext {
 	/**
 	 * True indicates that the span reports an error
 	 */
-	private final boolean errorFlag;
+	private boolean errorFlag;
 	/**
 	 * The type of the span. If null, the Datadog Agent will report as a custom
 	 */
@@ -178,6 +180,10 @@ public class DDSpanContext implements io.opentracing.SpanContext {
 		for(DDSpanContextDecorator decorator:tracer.getSpanContextDecorators()){
 			decorator.afterSetTag(this, tag, value);
 		}
+		//Error management
+		if(Tags.ERROR.getKey().equals(tag) && Boolean.TRUE.equals(value)){
+			this.errorFlag = true;
+		}
 	}
 
 	public synchronized Map<String, Object> getTags() {
@@ -186,9 +192,7 @@ public class DDSpanContext implements io.opentracing.SpanContext {
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "Span [traceId=" + traceId
-				+ ", spanId=" + spanId
-				+ ", parentId=" + parentId + "]";
+		return "Span [ "+traceId+" ] [ "+spanId+" | "+parentId+" ] [ "+getServiceName()+" | "+getOperationName()+" | "+getResourceName()+" ]";
 	}
 
 	public void setOperationName(String operationName) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDTracer.java b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDTracer.java
index e2937ee694..6853c8a796 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDTracer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/DDTracer.java
@@ -310,7 +310,6 @@ public class DDTracer implements io.opentracing.Tracer {
                     DDTracer.this
             );
 
-            logger.debug("Building a new span context. {}", context);
             return context;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/writer/DDAgentWriter.java b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/writer/DDAgentWriter.java
index 7758ffae31..6cd53fc93c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/writer/DDAgentWriter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/datadoghq/trace/writer/DDAgentWriter.java
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ public class DDAgentWriter implements Writer {
 
                     //The thread was interrupted, we break the LOOP
                     break;
+                } catch(Throwable e){
+                	logger.error("Unexpected error! Some traces may have been dropped.",e);
                 }
             }
         }