diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/PerformanceAnalyzerWebServer.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/PerformanceAnalyzerWebServer.java
index 9fed8f864..650ebc7ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/PerformanceAnalyzerWebServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/PerformanceAnalyzerWebServer.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public static HttpServer createInternalServer(
             LOG.error("Could not create HttpServer on port {}", webServerPort, ex);
             Runtime.getRuntime().halt(1);
         } catch (Exception ex) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Unable to create HttpServer", ex);
             Runtime.getRuntime().halt(1);
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/handler/MetricsServerHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/handler/MetricsServerHandler.java
index 9b95057cf..ddeb479f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/handler/MetricsServerHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/metrics/handler/MetricsServerHandler.java
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ public void collectAPIData(
 
             collectStats(db, dbTimestamp, metricList, aggList, dimList, responseObserver);
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Exception during collecting API data", e);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/net/GRPCConnectionManager.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/net/GRPCConnectionManager.java
index d63f8b979..e08c48ed8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/net/GRPCConnectionManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/net/GRPCConnectionManager.java
@@ -212,8 +212,7 @@ private ManagedChannel buildSecureChannel(final InstanceDetails remoteHost) {
                     .maxRetryAttempts(MAX_RETRY_ATTEMPTS)
                     .build();
         } catch (SSLException e) {
-            LOG.error("Unable to build an SSL gRPC client. Exception: {}", e.getMessage());
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Unable to build an SSL gRPC client.", e);
 
             // Wrap the SSL Exception in a generic RTE and re-throw.
             throw new RuntimeException(e);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaController.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaController.java
index 197129ab9..cf632ed88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaController.java
@@ -367,8 +367,7 @@ private void readRcaEnabledFromConf() {
                             LOG.info("RCA enabled changed from {} to {}", oldVal, newVal);
                         }
                     } catch (IOException e) {
-                        LOG.error("Error reading file '{}': {}", filePath.toString(), e);
-                        e.printStackTrace();
+                        LOG.error("Error reading file {}", filePath.toString(), e);
                         rcaEnabled = rcaEnabledDefaultValue;
                     }
                 });
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaControllerHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaControllerHelper.java
index 2eaeae399..50ab9852d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaControllerHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/RcaControllerHelper.java
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ public static String getElectedMasterHostAddress() {
 
             return inputLine;
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            LOG.error("Could not get the elected master node: {}", e.getMessage());
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Could not get the elected master node", e);
         }
 
         return "";
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Metric.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Metric.java
index db9999376..96b202113 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Metric.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Metric.java
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ public MetricFlowUnit gather(Queryable queryable) {
             PerformanceAnalyzerApp.ERRORS_AND_EXCEPTIONS_AGGREGATOR.updateStat(
                     ExceptionsAndErrors.EXCEPTION_IN_GATHER, name(), 1);
             // TODO: Emit log/stats that gathering failed.
-            LOG.error("RCA: Caught an exception while getting the DB {}", e.getMessage());
-            e.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("RCA: Caught an exception while getting the DB", e);
             return MetricFlowUnit.generic();
         }
         try {
@@ -94,8 +93,7 @@ public MetricFlowUnit gather(Queryable queryable) {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             PerformanceAnalyzerApp.ERRORS_AND_EXCEPTIONS_AGGREGATOR.updateStat(
                     ExceptionsAndErrors.EXCEPTION_IN_GATHER, name(), 1);
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            LOG.error("Metric exception: {}", e.getMessage());
+            LOG.error("Metric exception:", e);
         }
         return MetricFlowUnit.generic();
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Symptom.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Symptom.java
index d10e918fa..e7dd56d83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Symptom.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/framework/api/Symptom.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public void generateFlowUnitListFromLocal(FlowUnitOperationArgWrapper args) {
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             PerformanceAnalyzerApp.ERRORS_AND_EXCEPTIONS_AGGREGATOR.updateStat(
                     ExceptionsAndErrors.EXCEPTION_IN_OPERATE, name(), 1);
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Exception caught during operate", ex);
             result = SymptomFlowUnit.generic();
         }
         long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/net/handler/PublishRequestHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/net/handler/PublishRequestHandler.java
index 1dbebc906..74770e307 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/net/handler/PublishRequestHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/net/handler/PublishRequestHandler.java
@@ -125,10 +125,7 @@ public void onNext(FlowUnitMessage flowUnitMessage) {
          */
         @Override
         public void onError(Throwable throwable) {
-            LOG.error(
-                    "Client ran into an error while streaming flow units: {}",
-                    throwable.getMessage());
-            throwable.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Client ran into an error while streaming flow units:", throwable);
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/emitters/PeriodicSamplers.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/emitters/PeriodicSamplers.java
index 78068b841..d69c42ab6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/emitters/PeriodicSamplers.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/emitters/PeriodicSamplers.java
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ private void startExceptionHandlingThread() {
                                 } catch (Exception ex) {
                                     LOG.error(
                                             "Resource state poller exception cause : {}",
-                                            ex.getCause());
-                                    ex.printStackTrace();
+                                            ex.getCause(),
+                                            ex);
                                 }
                             }
                         })
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/eval/impl/NamedCounter.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/eval/impl/NamedCounter.java
index 65dd5dbdd..f76c64214 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/eval/impl/NamedCounter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/rca/stats/eval/impl/NamedCounter.java
@@ -32,8 +32,12 @@
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class NamedCounter implements IStatistic<NamedAggregateValue> {
+
+    private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(NamedCounter.class);
     private boolean empty;
     private Map<String, NamedAggregateValue> counters;
 
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ public void calculate(String key, Number value) {
                 counters.put(key, mapValue);
                 empty = false;
             } catch (Exception ex) {
-                ex.printStackTrace();
+                LOG.error("Caught an exception while calculating the counter value", ex);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader_writer_shared/EventLogFileHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader_writer_shared/EventLogFileHandler.java
index b08ef5de8..197363b4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader_writer_shared/EventLogFileHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/amazon/opendistro/opensearch/performanceanalyzer/reader_writer_shared/EventLogFileHandler.java
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ public void writeTmpFileWithPrivilege(List<Event> dataEntries, long epoch) {
                 writeInternal(out, data);
             }
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
             LOG.error(
                     "Error writing entry '{}'. Cause: {}",
                     currEntry == null ? "NOT_INITIALIZED" : currEntry.key,
-                    e.getMessage());
+                    e.getMessage(),
+                    e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -118,8 +118,7 @@ public void renameFromTmpWithPrivilege(long epoch) {
         try {
             Files.move(tmpPath, path, REPLACE_EXISTING, ATOMIC_MOVE);
         } catch (IOException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-            LOG.error("Error moving file {} to {}.", tmpPath.toString(), path.toString());
+            LOG.error("Error moving file {} to {}.", tmpPath.toString(), path.toString(), e);
         }
     }
 
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ private void readInternal(Path pathToFile, int bufferSize, EventDispatcher proce
                 // TODO: Handle edge case where buffer is too small.
             }
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
+            LOG.error("Error reading file", ex);
         }
     }
 }