diff --git a/components/download_images/src/main.py b/components/download_images/src/main.py
index ff8805b3d..564a4da49 100644
--- a/components/download_images/src/main.py
+++ b/components/download_images/src/main.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ async def download_image(self, url: str) -> t.Optional[bytes]:
                                             headers={"User-Agent": user_agent_string})
                 image_stream = response.content
             except Exception as e:
-                logger.warning(f"Skipping {url}: {e}")
+                logger.warning(f"Skipping {url}: {repr(e)}")
                 image_stream = None
 
         return image_stream