diff --git a/lib/Beyonic/Beyonic_Exception.php b/lib/Beyonic/Beyonic_Exception.php
index 9fce866..273e1b8 100644
--- a/lib/Beyonic/Beyonic_Exception.php
+++ b/lib/Beyonic/Beyonic_Exception.php
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public function __construct($message, $code, $requestURL, $requestMethod, $respo
 
   // custom string representation of object
   public function __toString() {
-    return __CLASS__ . " Error {$this->code}: {$this->message} when sending {$this->requestMethod} to {$this->requestURL}\n";
+    return __CLASS__ . " Error {$this->code}: {$this->responseBody} when sending {$this->requestMethod} to {$this->requestURL}\n";
   }
 }
 ?>