diff --git a/src/documents/consumer.py b/src/documents/consumer.py
index d0f7399c8..05043201b 100755
--- a/src/documents/consumer.py
+++ b/src/documents/consumer.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ class Consumer(LoggingMixin):
         self.override_tag_ids = override_tag_ids
         self.task_id = task_id or str(uuid.uuid4())
 
-        self._send_progress(0, 100, 'WORKING', _('Received new file'))
+        self._send_progress(0, 100, 'STARTING', _('Received new file'))
 
         # this is for grouping logging entries for this particular file
         # together.
diff --git a/src/paperless_tesseract/parsers.py b/src/paperless_tesseract/parsers.py
index 31e956284..52b50e983 100644
--- a/src/paperless_tesseract/parsers.py
+++ b/src/paperless_tesseract/parsers.py
@@ -190,11 +190,11 @@ class RasterisedDocumentParser(DocumentParser):
             # Also, no archived file.
             if not self.text:
                 # However, if we don't have anything, fail:
-                raise ParseError(e)
+                raise ParseError(e.__class__.__name__ + ": " + str(e))
 
         except Exception as e:
             # Anything else is probably serious.
-            raise ParseError(e)
+            raise ParseError(e.__class__.__name__ + ": " + str(e))
 
         if not self.text:
             # This may happen for files that don't have any text.