diff --git a/tivomirror.py b/tivomirror.py
index c469a22..7bd32e0 100755
--- a/tivomirror.py
+++ b/tivomirror.py
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ def download_decode(item, options, mak):
 	try:
 		os.utime(target, (item.time, item.time))
 	except Exception, e:
-		logger.error("Problem setting timestamp: %" % (e))
+		logger.error("Problem setting timestamp: {}".format(e))
 
 
 def download_one(item, downloaddb, options):