diff --git a/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp b/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp
index c9779ef0d6889e65a1bd7507790c654930b57c6e..5798f06a5ec43723e1abfb88b790551ce5e31437 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp
+++ b/backends/twitter/Requests/DirectMessageRequest.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ void DirectMessageRequest::run()
 void DirectMessageRequest::finalize()
 {
 	if(!success) {
-		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << ": Error while sending directed message to " << username );
 		twitObj->getLastCurlError( replyMsg );
+		LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, user << " Curl error: " << replyMsg);
 		callBack(user, username, messages, replyMsg);
 	} else {
 		std::string error = getErrorMessage(replyMsg);