diff --git a/mealie/core/exceptions.py b/mealie/core/exceptions.py
index 077a8644d..f1ad27144 100644
--- a/mealie/core/exceptions.py
+++ b/mealie/core/exceptions.py
@@ -52,5 +52,6 @@ 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__(*args, **kwargs):
+        self.missing = missing
diff --git a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
index 20065cf41..bdf9cf6ab 100644
--- a/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
+++ b/mealie/routes/recipe/recipe_crud_routes.py
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ 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:
-            self.logger.error("Incomplete data provided to API route")
+            self.logger.error("Incomplete data provided to API route:", ex.missing)
             raise HTTPException(
                 status_code=400,
-                detail=ErrorResponse.respond(message="Some data were missing on the body of this API request"),
+                detail=ErrorResponse.respond(message=f"Field '{ex.missing}' missing on the body of this API request"),
             )
         elif thrownType == sqlalchemy.exc.IntegrityError:
             self.logger.error("SQL Integrity Error on recipe controller action")
diff --git a/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py b/mealie/services/recipe/recipe_service.py
index bfff077ae..a36deab27 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(f"Incomplete recipe, missing {field}")
+                    raise exceptions.IncompleteData(field, f"Incomplete recipe, missing {field}")
 
         if recipe is None or recipe.settings is None:
             raise exceptions.NoEntryFound("Recipe not found.")