diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 491d224..6b86b93 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Change Log
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file, from 0.2.0.
 
+## [0.2.9] - 2016-06-29
+  - Fix NameError exception. 
+  - Moved log_jdbc_exception calls
+
 ## [0.2.7] - 2016-05-29
   - Backport retry exception logic from v5 branch
   - Backport improved timestamp compatibility from v5 branch
diff --git a/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb b/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
index 47ee9ce..f811c51 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/outputs/jdbc.rb
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
 
     if @exceptions_tracker.reject { |i| i.nil? }.count >= @max_flush_exceptions
       @logger.error("JDBC - max_flush_exceptions has been reached")
-      log_jdbc_exception(e)
       raise LogStash::ShutdownSignal.new
     end
   end
@@ -223,7 +222,7 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
     begin
       connection = @pool.getConnection()
     rescue => e
-      log_jdbc_exception(e)
+      log_jdbc_exception(e, true)
       raise
     end
 
@@ -242,7 +241,6 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
       statement.close()
       @exceptions_tracker << nil
     rescue => e
-      log_jdbc_exception(e)
       if retry_exception?(e)
         raise
       end
@@ -258,7 +256,7 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
     begin
       connection = @pool.getConnection()
     rescue => e
-      log_jdbc_exception(e)
+      log_jdbc_exception(e, true)
       raise
     end
 
@@ -277,7 +275,6 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
         @exceptions_tracker << nil
       end
     rescue => e
-      log_jdbc_exception(e)
       if retry_exception?(e)
         raise
       end
@@ -324,20 +321,23 @@ class LogStash::Outputs::Jdbc < LogStash::Outputs::Base
     statement
   end
 
-  def log_jdbc_exception(exception)
+  def log_jdbc_exception(exception, retrying)
     current_exception = exception
     loop do
-      @logger.error("JDBC Exception encountered: Will automatically retry.", :exception => current_exception)
+      if retrying
+        @logger.error("JDBC Exception. Retrying.", :exception => current_exception)
+      else
+        @logger.error("JDBC Exception. No retry.", :exception => current_exception)
+      end
       current_exception = current_exception.getNextException()
       break if current_exception == nil
     end
   end
 
   def retry_exception?(exception)
-    if exception.respond_to? 'getSQLState'
-      return RETRYABLE_SQLSTATE_CLASSES.include?(e.getSQLState[0,2])
-    end
+    retrying = (exception.respond_to? 'getSQLState' and RETRYABLE_SQLSTATE_CLASSES.include?(exception.getSQLState[0,2]))
+    log_jdbc_exception(exception, retrying)
 
-    true
+    retrying
   end
 end # class LogStash::Outputs::jdbc
diff --git a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
index 61ca587..167c7e2 100644
--- a/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-output-jdbc.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'logstash-output-jdbc'
-  s.version = "0.2.8"
+  s.version = "0.2.9"
   s.licenses = [ "Apache License (2.0)" ]
   s.summary = "This plugin allows you to output to SQL, via JDBC"
   s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"