diff --git a/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/HelpPreferencePage.java b/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/HelpPreferencePage.java
index 2df11b4..b69dbd9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/HelpPreferencePage.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/HelpPreferencePage.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.help.internal.base.HelpBasePlugin;
 import org.eclipse.help.internal.base.IHelpBaseConstants;
 import org.eclipse.help.internal.browser.BrowserManager;
+import org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.HelpUIPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.IHelpUIConstants;
 import org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.Messages;
 import org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog;
@@ -284,7 +285,7 @@
 		try {
 			pref.flush();
 		} catch (BackingStoreException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+			HelpUIPlugin.logError("Failed to save preferences", e); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		}
 
 		return true;
diff --git a/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/ICPreferences.java b/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/ICPreferences.java
index 68878e6..3192137 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/ICPreferences.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.help.ui/src/org/eclipse/help/ui/internal/preferences/ICPreferences.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.core.runtime.preferences.InstanceScope;
 import org.eclipse.help.internal.HelpPlugin;
 import org.eclipse.help.internal.base.IHelpBaseConstants;
+import org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.HelpUIPlugin;
 import org.osgi.service.prefs.BackingStoreException;
 
 
@@ -92,8 +93,7 @@
 						"true".equalsIgnoreCase(states[i])); //$NON-NLS-1$
 					ics.add(ic);
 				} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-					// TODO Auto-generated catch block
-					e.printStackTrace();
+					HelpUIPlugin.logError(e.getMessage(), e);
 				}
 			}
 		}