diff --git a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/storage/encoding/Decoder.java b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/storage/encoding/Decoder.java
index 1fe2ed938ae..c7c61d3d604 100644
--- a/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/storage/encoding/Decoder.java
+++ b/utils/src/com/cloud/utils/storage/encoding/Decoder.java
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+
 public class Decoder {
+    private static final Logger s_logger = Logger.getLogger(Decoder.class);
+
     private static Map<String, String> getParameters(URI uri) {
         String parameters = uri.getQuery();
         Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ public class Decoder {
         try {
             size = Long.parseLong(params.get(EncodingType.SIZE.toString()));
         } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-
+            s_logger.info("[ignored] number not recognised",e);
         }
         DecodedDataObject obj =
             new DecodedDataObject(params.get(EncodingType.OBJTYPE.toString()), size, params.get(EncodingType.NAME.toString()), params.get(EncodingType.PATH.toString()),