diff --git a/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py b/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
index 11773e0..ff95347 100644
--- a/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
+++ b/sentry_sdk_extensions/__init__.py
@@ -119,8 +119,14 @@ def capture_or_log_exception(e, logger):
         if sentry_sdk.is_initialized():
             sentry_sdk.capture_exception(e)
         else:
-            # this gnarly approach makes it so that each line of the traceback gets the same prefixes (dates etc)
-            for bunch_of_lines in traceback.format_exception(e):
+            # this gnarly approach makes it so that the logger prefixes (e.g. snappea task number, dates etc) are shown
+            # for each of the lines of the traceback (though it has the disadvantage of time not standing still while
+            # we iterate in the loop).
+            #
+            # the 3-argument signature is needed for Python 3.9 (in Python 3.10 and up .format_exception(e) is enough).
+            # https://docs.python.org/3.10/library/traceback.html#traceback.print_exception
+            # > If value and tb are provided, the first argument is ignored in order to provide backwards compatibility.
+            for bunch_of_lines in traceback.format_exception(type(e), e, e.__traceback__):
                 for line in bunch_of_lines.splitlines():
                     # Note: when .is_initialized() is True, .error is spammy (it gets captured) but we don't have that
                     # problem in this branch.