diff --git a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
index 9b51a6b3b53bb6c02282f0d69b78e1bb9fca8107..d0fcd8b8fe3e75ed44e15acf64e2d51d0d215dbd 100644
--- a/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
+++ b/MAC/APL/MainCU/src/ObservationControl/ObservationControl.cc
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void	ObservationControl::setState(CTState::CTstateNr		newState)
 				reportState = RTDB_OBJ_STATE_BROKEN;
 				break;
 			default:
-				message = "Unknown reason";
+				message = formatString("Unknown reason(%d)", itsQuitReason);
 				reportState = RTDB_OBJ_STATE_BROKEN;
 			}
 		}