diff --git a/tests/test_logging.py b/tests/test_logging.py
index db41fe7..b78fee8 100644
--- a/tests/test_logging.py
+++ b/tests/test_logging.py
@@ -119,7 +119,32 @@ class LoggingTestCase(utils.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('response_code', output[4])
 
     @log_capture()
-    def test_exception_traceback(self, logs):
+    def test_exception_traceback_logged_in_debug_mode(self, logs):
+        logging.disable(logging.NOTSET)
+
+        response = Response()
+        response.status_code = 0
+        self.patched['wakatime.packages.requests.adapters.HTTPAdapter.send'].return_value = response
+
+        now = u(int(time.time()))
+        entity = 'tests/samples/codefiles/python.py'
+        config = 'tests/samples/configs/good_config.cfg'
+        args = ['--file', entity, '--config', config, '--time', now, '--verbose']
+
+        with utils.mock.patch('wakatime.stats.open') as mock_open:
+            mock_open.side_effect = Exception('FooBar')
+
+            retval = execute(args)
+            self.assertEquals(retval, 102)
+            self.assertEquals(sys.stdout.getvalue(), '')
+            self.assertEquals(sys.stderr.getvalue(), '')
+
+            output = u("\n").join([u(' ').join(x) for x in logs.actual()])
+            self.assertIn(u('WakaTime DEBUG Traceback (most recent call last):'), output)
+            self.assertIn(u('Exception: FooBar'), output)
+
+    @log_capture()
+    def test_exception_traceback_not_logged_normally(self, logs):
         logging.disable(logging.NOTSET)
 
         response = Response()
@@ -140,5 +165,4 @@ class LoggingTestCase(utils.TestCase):
             self.assertEquals(sys.stderr.getvalue(), '')
 
             output = u("\n").join([u(' ').join(x) for x in logs.actual()])
-            self.assertIn(u('WakaTime ERROR Traceback (most recent call last):'), output)
-            self.assertIn(u('Exception: FooBar'), output)
+            self.assertEquals(u(''), output)
diff --git a/wakatime/logger.py b/wakatime/logger.py
index 3d3f166..c3d7635 100644
--- a/wakatime/logger.py
+++ b/wakatime/logger.py
@@ -73,11 +73,15 @@ class JsonFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
 
 def traceback_formatter(*args, **kwargs):
-    if 'level' in kwargs and (kwargs['level'].lower() == 'warn' or kwargs['level'].lower() == 'warning'):
+    try:
+        level = kwargs.get('level', args[0]).lower()
+    except:
+        level = None
+    if level == 'warn' or level == 'warning':
         logging.getLogger('WakaTime').warning(traceback.format_exc())
-    elif 'level' in kwargs and kwargs['level'].lower() == 'info':
+    elif level == 'info':
         logging.getLogger('WakaTime').info(traceback.format_exc())
-    elif 'level' in kwargs and kwargs['level'].lower() == 'debug':
+    elif level == 'debug':
         logging.getLogger('WakaTime').debug(traceback.format_exc())
     else:
         logging.getLogger('WakaTime').error(traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/wakatime/offlinequeue.py b/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
index 9455e2b..dcf9b13 100644
--- a/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
+++ b/wakatime/offlinequeue.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
-import traceback
 from time import sleep
 
 try:
@@ -70,7 +69,7 @@ class Queue(object):
             conn.commit()
             conn.close()
         except sqlite3.Error:
-            log.error(traceback.format_exc())
+            log.traceback()
 
     def pop(self):
         if not HAS_SQL:  # pragma: nocover
@@ -81,7 +80,7 @@ class Queue(object):
         try:
             conn, c = self.connect()
         except sqlite3.Error:
-            log.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+            log.traceback('debug')
             return None
         loop = True
         while loop and tries > -1:
@@ -119,11 +118,11 @@ class Queue(object):
                     }
                 loop = False
             except sqlite3.Error:  # pragma: nocover
-                log.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+                log.traceback('debug')
                 sleep(wait)
                 tries -= 1
         try:
             conn.close()
         except sqlite3.Error:  # pragma: nocover
-            log.debug(traceback.format_exc())
+            log.traceback('debug')
         return heartbeat
diff --git a/wakatime/stats.py b/wakatime/stats.py
index 57941fc..935f9b4 100644
--- a/wakatime/stats.py
+++ b/wakatime/stats.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def get_file_head(file_name):
     try:
         with open(file_name, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as fh:
             text = fh.read(512000)
-    except:  # pragma: nocover
+    except:
         try:
             with open(file_name, 'r', encoding=sys.getfilesystemencoding()) as fh:
                 text = fh.read(512000)