diff --git a/v2/pkg/output/output.go b/v2/pkg/output/output.go
index 3d3b8e847..a61d20ee3 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/output/output.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/output/output.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 	"github.com/logrusorgru/aurora"
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ type Writer interface {
 	// Write writes the event to file and/or screen.
 	Write(*ResultEvent) error
 	// WriteFailure writes the optional failure event for template to file and/or screen.
-	WriteFailure(event InternalEvent) error
+	WriteFailure(*InternalWrappedEvent) error
 	// Request logs a request in the trace log
 	Request(templateID, url, requestType string, err error)
 	//  WriteStoreDebugData writes the request/response debug data to file
@@ -302,10 +303,26 @@ func (w *StandardWriter) Close() {
 }
 
 // WriteFailure writes the failure event for template to file and/or screen.
-func (w *StandardWriter) WriteFailure(event InternalEvent) error {
+func (w *StandardWriter) WriteFailure(wrappedEvent *InternalWrappedEvent) error {
 	if !w.matcherStatus {
 		return nil
 	}
+	if len(wrappedEvent.Results) > 0 {
+		errs := []error{}
+		for _, result := range wrappedEvent.Results {
+			result.MatcherStatus = false // just in case
+			if err := w.Write(result); err != nil {
+				errs = append(errs, err)
+			}
+		}
+		if len(errs) > 0 {
+			return multierr.Combine(errs...)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	// if no results were found, manually create a failure event
+	event := wrappedEvent.InternalEvent
+
 	templatePath, templateURL := utils.TemplatePathURL(types.ToString(event["template-path"]))
 	var templateInfo model.Info
 	if event["template-info"] != nil {
@@ -319,6 +336,8 @@ func (w *StandardWriter) WriteFailure(event InternalEvent) error {
 		Info:          templateInfo,
 		Type:          types.ToString(event["type"]),
 		Host:          types.ToString(event["host"]),
+		Request:       types.ToString(event["request"]),
+		Response:      types.ToString(event["response"]),
 		MatcherStatus: false,
 		Timestamp:     time.Now(),
 	}
diff --git a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/executer/executer.go b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/executer/executer.go
index 8bfa1be0f..e40fa5c51 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/protocols/common/executer/executer.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/protocols/common/executer/executer.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (e *Executer) Execute(input *contextargs.Context) (bool, error) {
 	var lastMatcherEvent *output.InternalWrappedEvent
 	writeFailureCallback := func(event *output.InternalWrappedEvent, matcherStatus bool) {
 		if !results.Load() && matcherStatus {
-			if err := e.options.Output.WriteFailure(event.InternalEvent); err != nil {
+			if err := e.options.Output.WriteFailure(event); err != nil {
 				gologger.Warning().Msgf("Could not write failure event to output: %s\n", err)
 			}
 			results.CompareAndSwap(false, true)
diff --git a/v2/pkg/templates/cluster.go b/v2/pkg/templates/cluster.go
index d1c8caf10..72a835a79 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/templates/cluster.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/templates/cluster.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (e *ClusterExecuter) Execute(input *contextargs.Context) (bool, error) {
 			event.InternalEvent["template-info"] = operator.templateInfo
 
 			if result == nil && !matched {
-				if err := e.options.Output.WriteFailure(event.InternalEvent); err != nil {
+				if err := e.options.Output.WriteFailure(event); err != nil {
 					gologger.Warning().Msgf("Could not write failure event to output: %s\n", err)
 				}
 				continue
diff --git a/v2/pkg/testutils/testutils.go b/v2/pkg/testutils/testutils.go
index 26ffe7000..2114eda8a 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/testutils/testutils.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/testutils/testutils.go
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func (m *MockOutputWriter) Request(templateID, url, requestType string, err erro
 }
 
 // WriteFailure writes the event to file and/or screen.
-func (m *MockOutputWriter) WriteFailure(result output.InternalEvent) error {
+func (m *MockOutputWriter) WriteFailure(*output.InternalWrappedEvent) error {
 	return nil
 }
 func (m *MockOutputWriter) WriteStoreDebugData(host, templateID, eventType string, data string) {