diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
index 837e9da..123dd73 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/util/CommonUtils.java
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@ public final class CommonUtils {
 		}
 
 		proxyGrantingTicketStorage.save(proxyGrantingTicketIou, proxyGrantingTicket);
+
+        if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
+            LOG.debug("Successfully saved proxyGrantingTicketId ["
+		            + proxyGrantingTicket + "] for proxyGrantingTicketIou ["
+		            + proxyGrantingTicketIou + "]");
+        }
 		
 		response.getWriter().write("<?xml version=\"1.0\"?>");
 		response.getWriter().write("<casClient:proxySuccess xmlns:casClient=\"http://www.yale.edu/tp/casClient\" />");
diff --git a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter.java b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter.java
index 9582111..7569cea 100644
--- a/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter.java
+++ b/cas-client-core/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/validation/Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter.java
@@ -147,7 +147,12 @@ public class Cas20ProxyReceivingTicketValidationFilter extends AbstractTicketVal
             return true;
         }
 
-        CommonUtils.readAndRespondToProxyReceptorRequest(request, response, this.proxyGrantingTicketStorage);
+        try {
+            CommonUtils.readAndRespondToProxyReceptorRequest(request, response, this.proxyGrantingTicketStorage);
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+            log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+            throw e;
+        }
 
         return false;
     }
diff --git a/cas-client-support-distributed-ehcache/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java b/cas-client-support-distributed-ehcache/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
index 6adc62d..fc4cc99 100644
--- a/cas-client-support-distributed-ehcache/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
+++ b/cas-client-support-distributed-ehcache/src/main/java/org/jasig/cas/client/proxy/EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.java
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ package org.jasig.cas.client.proxy;
 import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
 import net.sf.ehcache.Element;
 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 /**
  * @author Scott Battaglia
@@ -18,15 +20,18 @@ public final class EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl implements ProxyG
 
     public static final String EHCACHE_CACHE_NAME = "org.jasig.cas.client.proxy.EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.cache";
 
+    private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl.class);
+
     final Cache cache;
 
     public EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl() {
-        this(CacheManager.create().getCache(EHCACHE_CACHE_NAME));
-
+        this(CacheManager.getInstance().getCache(EHCACHE_CACHE_NAME));
+        log.info("Created cache with name: " + this.cache.getName());
     }
 
     public EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl(final Cache cache) {
         this.cache = cache;
+
     }
 
     public void save(final String proxyGrantingTicketIou, final String proxyGrantingTicket) {
@@ -45,6 +50,6 @@ public final class EhcacheBackedProxyGrantingTicketStorageImpl implements ProxyG
     }
 
     public void cleanUp() {
-        return;
+        // nothing to do
     }
 }