diff --git a/tools/converter.py b/tools/converter.py
index dc5ff5f882ac033e1f371b1a4b5e952b6ee671ab..6f66dafd3038e97360b0c451cdd4ce33d11e44f6 100644
--- a/tools/converter.py
+++ b/tools/converter.py
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ def download_file(url, dst, num_retries=3):
         MaceLogger.info('\nDownloaded successfully.')
     except (urllib.error.ContentTooShortError, urllib.error.HTTPError,
             urllib.error.URLError) as e:
-        MaceLogger.warning('Download error:', e.reason)
+        MaceLogger.warning('Download error:', e)
         if num_retries > 0:
             return download_file(url, dst, num_retries - 1)
         else: