diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/OkHttpExtensions.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/OkHttpExtensions.kt
index d82a75923..f43fa1317 100755
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/OkHttpExtensions.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/network/OkHttpExtensions.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network
 
+import exh.util.withRootCause
 import okhttp3.Call
 import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
 import okhttp3.Request
@@ -47,11 +48,18 @@ fun Call.asObservable(): Observable<Response> {
 }
 
 fun Call.asObservableSuccess(): Observable<Response> {
+    // Record stacktrace at creation time for easier debugging
+    //   asObservable is involved in a lot of crashes so this is worth the performance hit
+    val asyncStackTrace = Exception("Async stacktrace")
+
     return asObservable().doOnNext { response ->
         if (!response.isSuccessful) {
             response.close()
             throw Exception("HTTP error ${response.code()}")
         }
+    }.onErrorReturn {
+        // Set root cause to async stacktrace and throw again
+        throw it.withRootCause(asyncStackTrace)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/exh/util/ExceptionUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/exh/util/ExceptionUtil.kt
index 5ae80d525..084523106 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/exh/util/ExceptionUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/exh/util/ExceptionUtil.kt
@@ -4,4 +4,14 @@ inline fun <T> ignore(expr: () -> T): T? {
     return try { expr() } catch (t: Throwable) { null }
 }
 
+fun <T : Throwable> T.withRootCause(cause: Throwable): T {
+    val curCause = this.cause
 
+    if(curCause == null) {
+        this.initCause(cause)
+    } else {
+        curCause.withRootCause(cause)
+    }
+
+    return this
+}
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