diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 43fa096fe4..51b4ff60d0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@ Note that ``PHAB_ID=#`` and ``RB_ID=#`` correspond to associated messages in com
 Unreleased
 ----------
 
+Runtime Behavior Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+* util-app: When the application exits due to an error on startup, the error and
+  and stack trace are printed to stderr in addition to the existing stdout. ``PHAB_ID=D1116753``
+
+
 23.11.0
 -------
 
diff --git a/PROJECT.yml b/PROJECT.yml
index c9d152767c..675c29685a 100644
--- a/PROJECT.yml
+++ b/PROJECT.yml
@@ -4,4 +4,3 @@ owners:
   - csl-team:ldap
   - jillianc
   - mbezoyan
-  - nvong
diff --git a/util-app/src/main/scala/com/twitter/app/App.scala b/util-app/src/main/scala/com/twitter/app/App.scala
index cb4c916550..167fa1b6ec 100644
--- a/util-app/src/main/scala/com/twitter/app/App.scala
+++ b/util-app/src/main/scala/com/twitter/app/App.scala
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ package com.twitter.app
 import com.twitter.app.lifecycle.Event._
 import com.twitter.conversions.DurationOps._
 import com.twitter.util._
+import java.io.PrintWriter
+import java.io.StringWriter
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
@@ -82,7 +84,13 @@ trait App extends ClosableOnce with CloseOnceAwaitably with Lifecycle {
         System.err.println(throwable.getMessage)
         System.exit(1)
       case _ =>
-        exitOnError("Exception thrown in main on startup")
+        util.Using(new StringWriter) { stringWriter =>
+          util.Using(new PrintWriter(stringWriter)) { printWriter =>
+            throwable.printStackTrace(printWriter)
+            printWriter.flush()
+            exitOnError(s"Exception thrown in main on startup: ${stringWriter.toString}")
+          }
+        }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/util-app/src/test/scala/com/twitter/app/AppTest.scala b/util-app/src/test/scala/com/twitter/app/AppTest.scala
index 5c70b2f126..a6c9eedcdb 100644
--- a/util-app/src/test/scala/com/twitter/app/AppTest.scala
+++ b/util-app/src/test/scala/com/twitter/app/AppTest.scala
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class AppTest extends AnyFunSuite {
 
     test1.main(Array())
 
-    assert(test1.reason.contains("Exception thrown in main on startup"))
+    assert(test1.reason.exists(_.contains("Exception thrown in main on startup")))
   }
 
   test("App: propagate underlying exception from fields in app") {