diff --git a/rowers/views.py b/rowers/views.py
index db10c787..87d2991c 100644
--- a/rowers/views.py
+++ b/rowers/views.py
@@ -975,9 +975,9 @@ def workout_c2_upload_view(request,id=0):
 	    url = "https://log.concept2.com/api/users/%s/results" % (c2userid)
 	    response = requests.post(url,headers=headers,data=json.dumps(data))
         except:
-            message = "Unexpected Error: "+sys.exc_info()[0]
+            message = "Unexpected Error: "+str(sys.exc_info()[0])
             with open("media/c2errors.log","a") as errorlog:
-                errorlog.write("Unexpected Error: "+sys.exc_info()[0])
+                errorlog.write("Unexpected Error: "+str(sys.exc_info()[0]))
 
 	# check for duplicate error first
 	if (response.status_code == 409 ):
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@ def workout_c2_upload_view(request,id=0):
 	    except:
                 message = "Something went wrong in workout_c2_upload_view. Response code 200/201 but C2 sync failed: "+response.text
                 with open("media/c2errors.log","a") as errorlog:
-                    errorlog.write("Unexpected Error: "+sys.exc_info()[0])
+                    errorlog.write("Unexpected Error: "+str(sys.exc_info()[0]))
 
 	else:
 	    s = response