diff --git a/sickbeard/providers/binnewz/__init__.py b/sickbeard/providers/binnewz/__init__.py
index b39f65f749077b379279978ac55edace26417d45..af1f24267fcbadd0ceea373a9d785ee308a81a60 100644
--- a/sickbeard/providers/binnewz/__init__.py
+++ b/sickbeard/providers/binnewz/__init__.py
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ class BinNewzProvider(generic.NZBProvider):
                                     logger.log("Found : " + searchItem + " on " + downloader.__class__.__name__)
                                     break
                         except Exception, e:
-                            logger.log("Searching from " + downloader.__class__.__name__ + " failed : " + e,
+                            logger.log("Searching from " + downloader.__class__.__name__ + " failed : " + str(e),
                                        logger.ERROR)
 
         return results