diff --git a/include/lib/graft/backtrace.h b/include/lib/graft/backtrace.h
index c2899ef2..b73f0d06 100644
--- a/include/lib/graft/backtrace.h
+++ b/include/lib/graft/backtrace.h
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #include <signal.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
+
+#include <sstream>
+std::string graft_bt_str();
+
 extern "C" {
 #endif
     void graft_bt();
diff --git a/src/lib/graft/backtrace.cpp b/src/lib/graft/backtrace.cpp
index 0fcbb699..98370736 100644
--- a/src/lib/graft/backtrace.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/graft/backtrace.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,72 @@ typedef struct {
     sigset_t          uc_sigmask;
 } sig_ucontext_t;
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+
+std::string graft_bt_str()
+{
+    void *trace[TRACE_SIZE_MAX];
+    char **messages = (char **) NULL;
+
+    char *funcname =  (char*) malloc(FUNC_NAME_SIZE_MAX);
+    int i, trace_size = backtrace(trace, TRACE_SIZE_MAX);
+
+    if (trace_size == 0)
+    {
+        return "\t<stack trace is possibly corrupt>\n";
+    }
+
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+
+    messages = backtrace_symbols(trace, trace_size);
+    for (i = 1; i < trace_size && messages; ++i)
+    {
+        char *begin_name = NULL, *begin_offset = NULL, *end_offset = NULL, *p;
+        for (p = messages[i]; *p; ++p)
+        {
+            if (*p == '(')
+            begin_name = p;
+            else if (*p == '+')
+            begin_offset = p;
+            else if (*p == ')' && begin_offset) {
+            end_offset = p;
+            break;
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (begin_name && begin_offset && end_offset && begin_name < begin_offset)
+        {
+            int status;
+            size_t funcnamesize = FUNC_NAME_SIZE_MAX;
+
+            *begin_name++ = '\0';
+            *begin_offset++ = '\0';
+            *end_offset = '\0';
+
+            p = abi::__cxa_demangle(begin_name, funcname, &funcnamesize, &status);
+            if (status == 0)
+            {
+                funcname = p;
+                oss << "\t#" << i << " " << messages[i] << " : " << funcname << "+" << begin_offset << "\n";
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                oss << "\t#" << i << " " << messages[i] << " : " << begin_name << "()+" << begin_offset << "\n";
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            oss << "\t#" << i << " " << messages[i] << "\n";
+        }
+    }
+    free(messages);
+    free(funcname);
+
+    return oss.str();
+}
+
+#endif //__cplusplus
+
 void graft_bt()
 {
     void *trace[TRACE_SIZE_MAX];
diff --git a/src/supernode/main.cpp b/src/supernode/main.cpp
index e886ea3c..7832ef0b 100644
--- a/src/supernode/main.cpp
+++ b/src/supernode/main.cpp
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ std::terminate_handler prev_terminate = nullptr;
 // the workflow, the error propagates back to the client.
 void terminate()
 {
-    std::cerr << "\nTerminate called, dump stack:\n";
-    graft_bt();
+    std::ostringstream oss;
+    oss << "\nTerminate called, dump stack:\n";
+    oss << graft_bt_str();
 
     //dump exception info
     std::exception_ptr eptr = std::current_exception();
@@ -28,14 +29,17 @@ void terminate()
         }
         catch(std::exception& ex)
         {
-            std::cerr << "\nTerminate caused by exception : '" << ex.what() << "'\n";
+            oss << "\nTerminate caused by exception : '" << ex.what() << "'\n";
         }
         catch(...)
         {
-            std::cerr << "\nTerminate caused by unknown exception.\n";
+            oss << "\nTerminate caused by unknown exception.\n";
         }
     }
 
+    LOG_ERROR("") << oss.str();
+    std::cerr << oss.str();
+
     prev_terminate();
 }
 
@@ -54,12 +58,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
     } catch (const graft::exit_error& e) {
         LOG_ERROR("The program is terminated because of error: ") << e.what();
         return -1;
-    } catch (const std::exception & e) {
-        LOG_ERROR("Exception thrown: ") << e.what();
-        throw;
-    } catch(...) {
-        LOG_ERROR("Exception of unknown type!");
-        throw;
     }
 
     return 0;