diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 29ff88d..e9b4994 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-05-24  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* morituri/image/image.py:
+	  Actually set exception so MultiTask tells us what went wrong.
+
 2011-05-24  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* morituri/common/task.py:
diff --git a/morituri/image/image.py b/morituri/image/image.py
index c2167ad..ce0ebda 100644
--- a/morituri/image/image.py
+++ b/morituri/image/image.py
@@ -168,8 +168,9 @@ class AudioLengthTask(gstreamer.GstPipelineTask):
 
         try:
             length, qformat = sink.query_duration(self.gst.FORMAT_DEFAULT)
-        except self.gst.QueryError:
+        except self.gst.QueryError, e:
             self.info('failed to query duration of %r' % self._path)
+            self.setException(e)
             raise
 
         # wavparse 0.10.14 returns in bytes