diff --git a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
index c68b10d33f..90bf3a5a99 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
+++ b/src/components/structures/RoomView.js
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ export default createReactClass({
             });
         }, function(error) {
             const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
-            console.error("Search failed: " + error);
+            console.error("Search failed", error);
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Search failed', '', ErrorDialog, {
                 title: _t("Search failed"),
                 description: ((error && error.message) ? error.message : _t("Server may be unavailable, overloaded, or search timed out :(")),