diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Extensions/ControllerExtensions.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Extensions/ControllerExtensions.cs
index 9c561116..1afd3085 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Extensions/ControllerExtensions.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Extensions/ControllerExtensions.cs
@@ -102,8 +102,9 @@ public static partial class ControllerExtensions
                 if (matchedRoot == null)
                 {
                     Logger.Error($"[{controller.ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName}] " +
-                                 $"Failed to deserialize {typeof(T).Name}: Unable to match root element", LogArea.Deserialization);
-                    Logger.Error($"{bodyString}", LogArea.Deserialization);
+                                 $"Failed to deserialize {typeof(T).Name}: Unable to match root element\n" +
+                                 $"xmlData: '{bodyString}'",
+                        LogArea.Deserialization);
                     return default;
                 }
                 root = new XmlRootAttribute(matchedRoot);
@@ -116,8 +117,10 @@ public static partial class ControllerExtensions
         catch (Exception e)
         {
             Logger.Error($"[{controller.ControllerContext.ActionDescriptor.ActionName}] " +
-                         $"Failed to deserialize {typeof(T).Name}: {e.Message}", LogArea.Deserialization);
-            Logger.Error($"{bodyString}", LogArea.Deserialization);
+                         $"Failed to deserialize {typeof(T).Name}:\n" +
+                         $"xmlData: '{bodyString}'\n" +
+                         $"detailedException: '{e.ToDetailedException()}",
+                LogArea.Deserialization);
         }
         return default;
     }
diff --git a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Entities/Profile/Photo.cs b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Entities/Profile/Photo.cs
index 10651d3e..a6d8c797 100644
--- a/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Entities/Profile/Photo.cs
+++ b/ProjectLighthouse/Types/Entities/Profile/Photo.cs
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ public class Photo
     [XmlElement("plan")]
     public string PlanHash { get; set; } = "";
 
+    [XmlIgnore]
     public virtual ICollection<PhotoSubject> PhotoSubjects { get; set; } = new HashSet<PhotoSubject>();
 
     public int CreatorId { get; set; }