diff --git a/internal/cloudfoundry/stage.go b/internal/cloudfoundry/stage.go
index 912572f..cee76d1 100644
--- a/internal/cloudfoundry/stage.go
+++ b/internal/cloudfoundry/stage.go
@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ func (s Stage) Run(logs io.Writer, home, name string) (string, error) {
 		Env:    env,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
+		// In CF API v3, staging failure logs are not automatically captured in stdout/stderr
+		// We need to fetch them explicitly using 'cf logs --recent'
+		recentLogs := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
+		logErr := s.cli.Execute(pexec.Execution{
+			Args:   []string{"logs", name, "--recent"},
+			Stdout: recentLogs,
+			Stderr: recentLogs,
+			Env:    env,
+		})
+		if logErr == nil && recentLogs.Len() > 0 {
+			// Append recent logs to the main logs buffer
+			_, _ = logs.Write([]byte("\n--- Recent Logs (cf logs --recent) ---\n"))
+			_, _ = logs.Write(recentLogs.Bytes())
+		}
+
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to start: %w\n\nOutput:\n%s", err, logs)
 	}