diff --git a/cmd/flamenco-worker/find_exes.go b/cmd/flamenco-worker/find_exes.go
index 8180a927..ff090b88 100644
--- a/cmd/flamenco-worker/find_exes.go
+++ b/cmd/flamenco-worker/find_exes.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"io/fs"
+	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func findBlender() {
 	case errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist):
 		log.Warn().Msg("Blender could not be found, Flamenco Manager will have to supply a full path")
 	case err != nil:
-		log.Warn().Err(err).Msg("there was an unexpected error finding Blender on this system, Flamenco Manager will have to supply a full path")
+		log.Warn().AnErr("cause", err).Msg("there was an issue finding Blender on this system, Flamenco Manager will have to supply a full path")
 	default:
 		log.Info().
 			Str("path", result.FoundLocation).
diff --git a/internal/find_blender/find_blender.go b/internal/find_blender/find_blender.go
index fd0befc6..6b36c6d6 100644
--- a/internal/find_blender/find_blender.go
+++ b/internal/find_blender/find_blender.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func CheckBlender(ctx context.Context, exename string) (CheckBlenderResult, erro
 			return CheckBlender(ctx, "blender")
 		case err != nil:
 			// Some other error occurred, better to report it.
-			return CheckBlenderResult{}, fmt.Errorf("error finding .blend file association: %w", err)
+			return CheckBlenderResult{}, fmt.Errorf("finding .blend file association: %w", err)
 		default:
 			// The full path was found, report the Blender version.
 			return getResultWithVersion(ctx, exename, fullPath, api.BlenderPathSourceFileAssociation)
diff --git a/internal/manager/api_impl/meta.go b/internal/manager/api_impl/meta.go
index 6cf08b20..1e49357b 100644
--- a/internal/manager/api_impl/meta.go
+++ b/internal/manager/api_impl/meta.go
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ func (f *Flamenco) FindBlenderExePath(e echo.Context) error {
 	case errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist):
 		logger.Info().Msg("Blender could not be found")
 	case err != nil:
-		logger.Warn().Err(err).Msg("there was an error finding Blender")
-		return sendAPIError(e, http.StatusInternalServerError, "there was an error finding Blender: %v", err)
+		logger.Warn().AnErr("cause", err).Msg("there was an issue finding Blender")
+		return sendAPIError(e, http.StatusInternalServerError, "there was an issue finding Blender: %v", err)
 	default:
 		response = append(response, api.BlenderPathCheckResult{
 			IsUsable: true,
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (f *Flamenco) FindBlenderExePath(e echo.Context) error {
 		case errors.Is(err, fs.ErrNotExist), errors.Is(err, exec.ErrNotFound):
 			logger.Debug().Msg("Blender could not be found as 'blender' on $PATH")
 		case err != nil:
-			logger.Info().Err(err).Msg("there was an error finding Blender as 'blender' on $PATH")
+			logger.Info().AnErr("cause", err).Msg("there was an issue finding Blender as 'blender' on $PATH")
 		default:
 			response = append(response, api.BlenderPathCheckResult{
 				IsUsable: true,