diff --git a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-backend-inmemory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/InMemorySubmodelRepository.java b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-backend-inmemory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/InMemorySubmodelRepository.java
index 747735cba..e22bbc98e 100644
--- a/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-backend-inmemory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/InMemorySubmodelRepository.java
+++ b/basyx.submodelrepository/basyx.submodelrepository-backend-inmemory/src/main/java/org/eclipse/digitaltwin/basyx/submodelrepository/InMemorySubmodelRepository.java
@@ -230,11 +230,9 @@ public Submodel getSubmodelByIdMetadata(String submodelId) {
 			submodelDeepCopy.setSubmodelElements(null);
 			return submodelDeepCopy;
 		} catch (DeserializationException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to deserialize the Submodel");
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to deserialize the Submodel", e);
 		} catch (SerializationException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to serialize the Submodel");
+			throw new RuntimeException("Unable to serialize the Submodel", e);
 		}
 	}