diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
index 3f116c11..24575ab7 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         {
             public bool ShowCallSource = false;
             public bool ShowDebug = false;
+            public bool ShowHandledErrorStackTraces = false;
             public bool HideMessagesForPerformance = true;
             public int HideLogThreshold = 512;
         }
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/PluginInterfaces/BeatSaber/ModsaberModInfo.cs b/IPA.Loader/PluginInterfaces/BeatSaber/ModsaberModInfo.cs
index fdd3eca7..e0a7de05 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/PluginInterfaces/BeatSaber/ModsaberModInfo.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/PluginInterfaces/BeatSaber/ModsaberModInfo.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ namespace IPA
     /// A class to provide information about a mod on ModSaber.ML
     /// </summary>
     // ReSharper disable once IdentifierTypo
+    [Obsolete("This is unused, and has been since the manifest was introduced. All functionality is provided by the manifest.")]
     public class ModsaberModInfo
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/Updater.cs b/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/Updater.cs
index 6cdbf8aa..8592e919 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/Updater.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/Updating/BeatMods/Updater.cs
@@ -290,7 +290,8 @@ namespace IPA.Updating.BeatMods
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     Logger.updater.Error($"Error getting info for {dep.Name}");
-                    Logger.updater.Error(e);
+                    if (SelfConfig.SelfConfigRef.Value.Debug.ShowHandledErrorStackTraces)
+                        Logger.updater.Error(e);
                     dep.MetaRequestFailed = true;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -356,7 +357,8 @@ namespace IPA.Updating.BeatMods
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
                     Logger.updater.Error($"Error getting mod list for {dep.Name}");
-                    Logger.updater.Error(e);
+                    if (SelfConfig.SelfConfigRef.Value.Debug.ShowHandledErrorStackTraces)
+                        Logger.updater.Error(e);
                     dep.MetaRequestFailed = true;
                     continue;
                 }
@@ -440,7 +442,8 @@ namespace IPA.Updating.BeatMods
             catch (Exception e)
             {
                 Logger.updater.Error($"Error occurred while trying to get information for {item}");
-                Logger.updater.Error(e);
+                if (SelfConfig.SelfConfigRef.Value.Debug.ShowHandledErrorStackTraces)
+                    Logger.updater.Error(e);
                 yield break;
             }
 
@@ -509,9 +512,11 @@ namespace IPA.Updating.BeatMods
                         { // any exception is an intercept exception
                             Logger.updater.Error($"BeatMods did not return expected data for {item.Name}");
                         }
+                        else
+                            Logger.updater.Error($"Error downloading mod {item.Name}");
 
-                        Logger.updater.Error($"Error downloading mod {item.Name}");
-                        Logger.updater.Error(downloadTask.Exception);
+                        if (SelfConfig.SelfConfigRef.Value.Debug.ShowHandledErrorStackTraces)
+                            Logger.updater.Error(downloadTask.Exception);
 
                         installFail?.Invoke(item, downloadTask.Exception);
                         continue;