diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/library.cs b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/library.cs
index 38b8b1b95d..4ab89c5c7d 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/library.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/library.cs
@@ -1393,15 +1393,25 @@ namespace umbraco
         /// <returns>An XpathNodeIterator containing the current page as Xml.</returns>
         public static XPathNodeIterator GetXmlNodeCurrent()
         {
+            var pageId = "";
+
             try
             {
                 var nav = Umbraco.Web.UmbracoContext.Current.ContentCache.GetXPathNavigator();
-                nav.MoveToId(HttpContext.Current.Items["pageID"].ToString());
+                var pageIdItem = HttpContext.Current.Items["pageID"];
+
+                if (pageIdItem == null)
+                {
+                    throw new NullReferenceException("pageID not found in the current HTTP context");
+                }
+
+                pageId = pageIdItem.ToString();
+                nav.MoveToId(pageId);
                 return nav.Select(".");
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                LogHelper.Error<library>("Could not retrieve current xml node", ex);
+                LogHelper.Error<library>(string.Concat("Could not retrieve current xml node for page Id ",pageId), ex);
             }
 
             XmlDocument xd = new XmlDocument();