diff --git a/openhands/controller/agent_controller.py b/openhands/controller/agent_controller.py
index 0f6e193ff7be..d6edf5cf4818 100644
--- a/openhands/controller/agent_controller.py
+++ b/openhands/controller/agent_controller.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ async def _step_with_exception_handling(self):
             reported = RuntimeError(
                 'There was an unexpected error while running the agent. Please '
                 f'report this error to the developers. Your session ID is {self.id}. '
-                f'Error type: {e.__class__.__name__}'
+                f'Error: {e}'
             )
             if (
                 isinstance(e, litellm.AuthenticationError)