diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/EpisodeFileOrganizer.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/EpisodeFileOrganizer.cs
index 2109f8d59e..39992b65dd 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/EpisodeFileOrganizer.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/EpisodeFileOrganizer.cs
@@ -43,13 +43,6 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             _providerManager = providerManager;
         }
 
-        public Task<FileOrganizationResult> OrganizeEpisodeFile(string path, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
-        {
-            var options = _config.GetAutoOrganizeOptions();
-
-            return OrganizeEpisodeFile(path, options, false, cancellationToken);
-        }
-
         public async Task<FileOrganizationResult> OrganizeEpisodeFile(string path, AutoOrganizeOptions options, bool overwriteExisting, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             _logger.Info("Sorting file {0}", path);
@@ -63,6 +56,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
                 FileSize = new FileInfo(path).Length
             };
 
+            try
+            { 
             if (_libraryMonitor.IsPathLocked(path))
             {
                 result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
@@ -148,6 +143,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             }
 
             await _organizationService.SaveResult(result, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
+                result.StatusMessage = ex.Message;
+            }
 
             return result;
         }
@@ -156,6 +157,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
         {
             var result = _organizationService.GetResult(request.ResultId);
 
+            try
+            { 
             Series series = null;
 
             if (request.NewSeriesProviderIds.Count > 0)
@@ -207,6 +210,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
                 cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             await _organizationService.SaveResult(result, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
+                result.StatusMessage = ex.Message;
+            }
 
             return result;
         }
@@ -263,16 +272,15 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
 
             var originalExtractedSeriesString = result.ExtractedName;
 
+            try
+            {
             // Proceed to sort the file
             var newPath = await GetNewPath(sourcePath, series, seasonNumber, episodeNumber, endingEpiosdeNumber, premiereDate, options.TvOptions, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(newPath))
             {
                 var msg = string.Format("Unable to sort {0} because target path could not be determined.", sourcePath);
-                result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
-                result.StatusMessage = msg;
-                _logger.Warn(msg);
-                return;
+                throw new Exception(msg);
             }
 
             _logger.Info("Sorting file {0} to new path {1}", sourcePath, newPath);
@@ -347,6 +355,14 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
                     }
                 }
             }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
+                result.StatusMessage = ex.Message;
+                _logger.Warn(ex.Message);
+                return;
+            }
 
             if (rememberCorrection)
             {
@@ -505,7 +521,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                var errorMsg = string.Format("Failed to move file from {0} to {1}", result.OriginalPath, result.TargetPath);
+                var errorMsg = string.Format("Failed to move file from {0} to {1}: {2}", result.OriginalPath, result.TargetPath, ex.Message);
 
                 result.Status = FileSortingStatus.Failure;
                 result.StatusMessage = errorMsg;
@@ -616,7 +632,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             {
                 var msg = string.Format("No provider metadata found for {0} season {1} episode {2}", series.Name, seasonNumber, episodeNumber);
                 _logger.Warn(msg);
-                return null;
+                throw new Exception(msg);
             }
 
             var episodeName = episode.Name;
@@ -715,6 +731,11 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
 
             var pattern = endingEpisodeNumber.HasValue ? options.MultiEpisodeNamePattern : options.EpisodeNamePattern;
 
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(pattern))
+            {
+                throw new Exception("GetEpisodeFileName: Configured episode name pattern is empty!");
+            }
+
             var result = pattern.Replace("%sn", seriesName)
                 .Replace("%s.n", seriesName.Replace(" ", "."))
                 .Replace("%s_n", seriesName.Replace(" ", "_"))
@@ -759,8 +780,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
                 // There may be cases where reducing the title length may still not be sufficient to
                 // stay below maxLength
                 var msg = string.Format("Unable to generate an episode file name shorter than {0} characters to constrain to the max path limit", maxLength);
-                _logger.Warn(msg);
-                return string.Empty;
+                throw new Exception(msg);
             }
 
             return result;
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/FileOrganizationService.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/FileOrganizationService.cs
index 60d515e120..9e16613e62 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/FileOrganizationService.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/FileOrganization/FileOrganizationService.cs
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             var organizer = new EpisodeFileOrganizer(this, _config, _fileSystem, _logger, _libraryManager,
                 _libraryMonitor, _providerManager);
 
-            await organizer.OrganizeEpisodeFile(result.OriginalPath, GetAutoOrganizeOptions(), true, CancellationToken.None)
+            var organizeResult = await organizer.OrganizeEpisodeFile(result.OriginalPath, GetAutoOrganizeOptions(), true, CancellationToken.None)
                     .ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (organizeResult.Status != FileSortingStatus.Success)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(result.StatusMessage);
+            }
         }
 
         public Task ClearLog()
@@ -126,7 +131,12 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.FileOrganization
             var organizer = new EpisodeFileOrganizer(this, _config, _fileSystem, _logger, _libraryManager,
                 _libraryMonitor, _providerManager);
 
-            await organizer.OrganizeWithCorrection(request, GetAutoOrganizeOptions(), CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            var result = await organizer.OrganizeWithCorrection(request, GetAutoOrganizeOptions(), CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+            if (result.Status != FileSortingStatus.Success)
+            {
+                throw new Exception(result.StatusMessage);
+            }
         }
 
         public QueryResult<SmartMatchInfo> GetSmartMatchInfos(FileOrganizationResultQuery query)
diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/EmbyTV.cs b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/EmbyTV.cs
index 3d8e7a3d6d..6acb0783eb 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/EmbyTV.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations/LiveTv/EmbyTV/EmbyTV.cs
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Server.Implementations.LiveTv.EmbyTV
 
                         var organize = new EpisodeFileOrganizer(_organizationService, _config, _fileSystem, _logger, _libraryManager, _libraryMonitor, _providerManager);
 
-                        var result = await organize.OrganizeEpisodeFile(path, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        var result = await organize.OrganizeEpisodeFile(path, _config.GetAutoOrganizeOptions(), false, CancellationToken.None).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {