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title: Configure an audit exception formatter
description: The audit service includes an exception formatter, configured in the following snippet of the audit.json file:
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# Configure an audit exception formatter

The audit service includes an *exception formatter*, configured in the following snippet of the `audit.json` file:

```json
"exceptionFormatter" : {
   "type" : "text/javascript",
   "file" : "bin/defaults/script/audit/stacktraceFormatter.js"
},
```

As shown, you may find the script that defines how the exception formatter works in the `stacktraceFormatter.js` file. That file handles the formatting and display of exceptions written to the audit logger.