diff --git a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
index c6415701..dbc41658 100644
--- a/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
+++ b/fanficfare/adapters/base_efiction_adapter.py
@@ -360,9 +360,9 @@ class BaseEfictionAdapter(BaseSiteAdapter):
                         errorDiv = soup.find("div", "errortext")
                         self.triedAcceptWarnings = True
                     else:
-                        raise exception.FailedToDownload(self.url, unicode(errorDiv))
+                        raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error with URL: %s (%s)" % (self.url,stripHTML(errorDiv)))
                 else:
-                    raise exception.FailedToDownload(self.url, unicode(errorDiv))
+                    raise exceptions.FailedToDownload("Error with URL: %s (%s)" % (self.url,stripHTML(errorDiv)))
 
         # title and author
         pagetitleDiv = soup.find("div", {"id": "pagetitle"})