diff --git a/mealie/core/exceptions.py b/mealie/core/exceptions.py
index 077a8644d..24c580499 100644
--- a/mealie/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/mealie/core/exceptions.py
@@ -53,4 +53,6 @@ class IncompleteData(Exception):
     This exception is raised when a user sends incomplete data to the API
     """
 
-    pass
+    def __init__(self, missing, *args, **kwargs):
+        Exception.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.missing = missing
diff --git a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
index 117d7efd8..fb4bde287 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ class RecipeController(BaseRecipeController):
             self.logger.error("No Entry Found on recipe controller action")
             raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=ErrorResponse.respond(message="No Entry Found"))
         elif thrownType == exceptions.IncompleteData:
-            print(ex.args)
-            print(ex.__context__)
-            missing = ex.__context__.missing
+            missing = ex.missing
             self.logger.error("Incomplete data provided to API route:", missing)
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=400,
diff --git a/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py b/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
index 9a0ce09fd..2ab6d1840 100644
--- a/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
+++ b/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ class RecipeService(RecipeServiceBase):
                     continue
 
                 if getattr(new_data, field) is None:
-                    raise exceptions.IncompleteData("Incomplete recipe", missing=field)
+                    raise exceptions.IncompleteData(missing, "Incomplete recipe")
 
         if recipe is None or recipe.settings is None:
             raise exceptions.NoEntryFound("Recipe not found.")