diff --git a/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/translation_service.py b/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/translation_service.py
index d3edb9a9bb521f10c4cc33ca8af0e9f7f8c9ba74..ea35a0f7f0d4cbb031da6671f4e49706edfda495 100644
--- a/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/translation_service.py
+++ b/SAS/SpecificationServices/lib/translation_service.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class SpecificationTranslationHandler(MessageHandlerInterface):
             specification_xml = etree.tostring(lofarspec, pretty_print=True)
             logger.debug(specification_xml)
         except Exception as err:
-            logger.error("Exception while translating trigger -> " + str(err.message))
+            logger.error("Exception while translating trigger -> " + str(err))
             raise
 
         logger.debug("specification after translation from trigger -> " + specification_xml)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class SpecificationTranslationHandler(MessageHandlerInterface):
                 momspec_xml = lofar_translator.translate_lofarspec_to_momspec(spec_xml)
 
             except Exception as err:
-                logger.error("Exception while translating specification -> " + str(err.message))
+                logger.error("Exception while translating specification -> " + str(err))
                 raise
 
         logger.debug("MoM spec after translation -> " + momspec_xml)