diff --git a/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py b/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
index fd86306627..20680540e6 100644
--- a/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
+++ b/InvenTree/InvenTree/helpers.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper
 from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError, FieldError
 from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from django.contrib.auth.models import Permission
 
@@ -696,3 +697,11 @@ def clean_decimal(number):
         return Decimal(0)
 
     return clean_number.quantize(Decimal(1)) if clean_number == clean_number.to_integral() else clean_number.normalize()
+
+def log_plugin_error(error, reference: str = 'general'):
+    # make sure the registry is set up
+    if reference not in settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS:
+        settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS[reference] = []
+
+    # add error to stack
+    settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS[reference].append(error)
diff --git a/InvenTree/plugin/plugins.py b/InvenTree/plugin/plugins.py
index 7271ab8752..d215faacdd 100644
--- a/InvenTree/plugin/plugins.py
+++ b/InvenTree/plugin/plugins.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import logging
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.exceptions import AppRegistryNotReady
 
+from InvenTree.helpers import log_plugin_error
+
 # Action plugins
 import plugin.builtin.action as action
 from plugin.action import ActionPlugin
@@ -43,14 +45,10 @@ def get_modules(pkg, recursive: bool = False):
             pass
         except Exception as error:
             # this 'protects' against malformed plugin modules by more or less silently failing
-            # TODO log
+            # TODO log to logging
 
-            # make sure the registry is set up
-            if 'discovery' not in settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS:
-                settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS['discovery'] = []
-
-            # add error to stack
-            settings.INTEGRATION_ERRORS['discovery'].append({name: str(error)})
+            # log to stack
+            log_plugin_error({name: str(error)}, 'discovery')
 
     return [v for k, v in context.items()]