diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
index 26251dc..7575bad 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CKANHarvester(HarvesterBase):
         except urllib2.URLError, e:
             raise ContentFetchError(
                 'Could not fetch url: %s, error: %s' % 
-                (url, e.reason)
+                (url, str(e))
             )
         return http_response.read()