diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index 3969051..59f23d8 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"math/rand"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"sort"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func (p *processor) exec() {
 
 			resCh := make(chan error, 1)
 			go func() {
-				resCh <- perform(ctx, NewTask(msg.Type, msg.Payload), p.handler)
+				resCh <- p.perform(ctx, NewTask(msg.Type, msg.Payload))
 			}()
 
 			select {
@@ -340,13 +341,14 @@ func (p *processor) queues() []string {
 // perform calls the handler with the given task.
 // If the call returns without panic, it simply returns the value,
 // otherwise, it recovers from panic and returns an error.
-func perform(ctx context.Context, task *Task, h Handler) (err error) {
+func (p *processor) perform(ctx context.Context, task *Task) (err error) {
 	defer func() {
 		if x := recover(); x != nil {
+			p.logger.Errorf("recovering from panic. See the stack trace below for details:\n%s", string(debug.Stack()))
 			err = fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", x)
 		}
 	}()
-	return h.ProcessTask(ctx, task)
+	return p.handler.ProcessTask(ctx, task)
 }
 
 // uniq dedupes elements and returns a slice of unique names of length l.
diff --git a/processor_test.go b/processor_test.go
index 1c90b40..24b403f 100644
--- a/processor_test.go
+++ b/processor_test.go
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ func TestProcessorWithStrictPriority(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPerform(t *testing.T) {
+func TestProcessorPerform(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		desc    string
 		handler HandlerFunc
@@ -596,9 +596,16 @@ func TestPerform(t *testing.T) {
 			wantErr: true,
 		},
 	}
+	// Note: We don't need to fully initialize the processor since we are only testing
+	// perform method.
+	p := newProcessor(processorParams{
+		logger: testLogger,
+		queues: defaultQueueConfig,
+	})
 
 	for _, tc := range tests {
-		got := perform(context.Background(), tc.task, tc.handler)
+		p.handler = tc.handler
+		got := p.perform(context.Background(), tc.task)
 		if !tc.wantErr && got != nil {
 			t.Errorf("%s: perform() = %v, want nil", tc.desc, got)
 			continue