diff --git a/dev/cosbench-driver/src/com/intel/cosbench/driver/operator/AbstractOperator.java b/dev/cosbench-driver/src/com/intel/cosbench/driver/operator/AbstractOperator.java
index d985ca2c..4fb8b470 100644
--- a/dev/cosbench-driver/src/com/intel/cosbench/driver/operator/AbstractOperator.java
+++ b/dev/cosbench-driver/src/com/intel/cosbench/driver/operator/AbstractOperator.java
@@ -114,8 +114,15 @@ protected static void doLogErr(Logger logger, String message, Exception e) {
     protected abstract void operate(int idx, int all, Session session);
 
     public static void errorStatisticsHandle(Exception e, Session session, String target){
-            String trace = e.getStackTrace()[0].toString();
-            trace = e.getCause() == null ? trace : trace + e.getCause().getStackTrace()[0].toString();
+            String trace = null;
+            try {
+                trace = e.getStackTrace()[0].toString();
+                trace = e.getCause() == null ? trace : trace + e.getCause().getStackTrace()[0].toString();
+            } catch (ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException ignored) {
+                LOGGER.debug("Got an error with an empty stack trace. " +
+                        "Run the driver with -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow to prevent this.", e);
+                trace = "<undefined>";
+            }
             ErrorStatistics errorStatistics = session.getErrorStatistics();
             HashMap<String, String> stackTraceAndTargets = errorStatistics.getStackTraceAndTargets();
             synchronized (stackTraceAndTargets) {
diff --git a/release/cosbench-start.sh b/release/cosbench-start.sh
index c148f594..94e6c6d6 100755
--- a/release/cosbench-start.sh
+++ b/release/cosbench-start.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ mkdir -p log
 
 echo "Launching osgi framwork ... "
 
-/usr/bin/nohup java -Dcosbench.tomcat.config=$TOMCAT_CONFIG -server -cp main/* org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main -configuration $OSGI_CONFIG -console $OSGI_CONSOLE_PORT 1> $BOOT_LOG 2>&1 &
+/usr/bin/nohup java -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dcosbench.tomcat.config=$TOMCAT_CONFIG -server -cp main/* org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main -configuration $OSGI_CONFIG -console $OSGI_CONSOLE_PORT 1> $BOOT_LOG 2>&1 &
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ];
 then