diff --git a/include/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.h b/include/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.h
index e66c9b63..867f182a 100644
--- a/include/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.h
+++ b/include/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.h
@@ -10,8 +10,26 @@
 
 namespace silo {
 
-class [[maybe_unused]] QueryParseException : public std::runtime_error {
+class [[maybe_unused]] QueryException : public std::runtime_error {
+  protected:
+   explicit QueryException(const std::string& error_message);
+
+  public:
+   /// A short string describing the phase or similar of query
+   /// exception.
+   [[nodiscard]] virtual std::string_view duringString() const = 0;
+};
+
+class [[maybe_unused]] QueryParseException : public QueryException {
   public:
    [[maybe_unused]] explicit QueryParseException(const std::string& error_message);
+   [[nodiscard]] std::string_view duringString() const override;
 };
+
+class [[maybe_unused]] QueryEvaluationException : public QueryException {
+  public:
+   [[maybe_unused]] explicit QueryEvaluationException(const std::string& error_message);
+   [[nodiscard]] std::string_view duringString() const override;
+};
+
 }  // namespace silo
diff --git a/src/silo/query_engine/actions/action.cpp b/src/silo/query_engine/actions/action.cpp
index 9f9025b1..e199cfbc 100644
--- a/src/silo/query_engine/actions/action.cpp
+++ b/src/silo/query_engine/actions/action.cpp
@@ -149,8 +149,8 @@ QueryResult Action::executeAndOrder(
       // query syntax but with its execution. But this will disappear
       // from the code base again soon.
       auto error = [&](const std::string_view& what) {
-         throw silo::QueryParseException(fmt::format(
-            "{} not supported for streaming endpoints when receiving more than {} rows, but got "
+         throw silo::QueryEvaluationException(fmt::format(
+            "{} not supported for streaming endpoints when returning more than {} rows, but got "
             "{}+",
             what,
             MATERIALIZATION_CUTOFF,
diff --git a/src/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.cpp b/src/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.cpp
index 12418e84..0698456e 100644
--- a/src/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.cpp
+++ b/src/silo/query_engine/query_parse_exception.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@
 #include <string>
 
 namespace silo {
-[[maybe_unused]] QueryParseException::QueryParseException(const std::string& error_message)
+
+QueryException::QueryException(const std::string& error_message)
     : std::runtime_error(error_message.c_str()) {}
-}  // namespace silo
\ No newline at end of file
+
+[[maybe_unused]] QueryParseException::QueryParseException(const std::string& error_message)
+    : QueryException(error_message) {}
+
+std::string_view QueryParseException::duringString() const {
+   return "parsing";
+}
+
+[[maybe_unused]] QueryEvaluationException::QueryEvaluationException(const std::string& error_message
+)
+    : QueryException(error_message) {}
+
+std::string_view QueryEvaluationException::duringString() const {
+   return "evaluation";
+}
+
+}  // namespace silo
diff --git a/src/silo_api/query_handler.cpp b/src/silo_api/query_handler.cpp
index 89d54883..98ae1d36 100644
--- a/src/silo_api/query_handler.cpp
+++ b/src/silo_api/query_handler.cpp
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@ void QueryHandler::post(
             );
          }
       }
-   } catch (const silo::QueryParseException& ex) {
+   } catch (const silo::QueryException& ex) {
       response.setContentType("application/json");
-      SPDLOG_INFO("Query is invalid: " + query + " - exception: " + ex.what());
+      SPDLOG_INFO(
+         "Query is invalid: {} - exception during {}: {}", query, ex.duringString(), ex.what()
+      );
       response.setStatusAndReason(Poco::Net::HTTPResponse::HTTP_BAD_REQUEST);
       std::ostream& out_stream = response.send();
       out_stream << nlohmann::json(ErrorResponse{.error = "Bad request", .message = ex.what()});