diff --git a/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthConfig.java
index a6f0522..374c958 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/scribe/model/OAuthConfig.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class OAuthConfig
       }
       catch (Exception e)
       {
-        // do nothing.
+        throw new RuntimeException("there were problems while writting to the debug stream", e);
       }
     }
   }