1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/dom/DOMDocument.java b/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/dom/DOMDocument.java
index cbade8a53ffc..f722732be8c3 100644
--- a/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/dom/DOMDocument.java
+++ b/xmerge/source/xmerge/java/org/openoffice/xmerge/converter/dom/DOMDocument.java
@@ -298,7 +298,9 @@ public class DOMDocument
         catch (Exception e) {
             // We may get some other errors, but the bottom line is that
             // the steps being executed no longer work
-            throw new IOException(e);
+            IOException newEx = new IOException(e.getMessage());
+            newEx.initCause(e);
+            throw newEx;
         }
 
         byte bytes[] = baos.toByteArray();