diff --git a/RevidCLI.go b/RevidCLI.go
index d83a5644..2832ffcb 100644
--- a/RevidCLI.go
+++ b/RevidCLI.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ LICENSE
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"errors"
 	"os/exec"
 	"flag"
@@ -407,9 +408,9 @@ func createRevidInstance(){
 		// If the config does have a logger, use it to output error, otherwise
 		// just output to std output
 		if config.Logger != nil {
-			config.Logger.Log("FATAL ERROR", err)
+			config.Logger.Log("FATAL ERROR", err.Error())
 		} else {
-			fmt.Printf("FATAL ERROR: %v", err)
+			fmt.Printf("FATAL ERROR: %v", err.Error())
 		}
 	}
 }