diff --git a/components/net/sf/briar/transport/PaddedConnectionWriter.java b/components/net/sf/briar/transport/PaddedConnectionWriter.java
index b3c3c2b99..60eea4fa5 100644
--- a/components/net/sf/briar/transport/PaddedConnectionWriter.java
+++ b/components/net/sf/briar/transport/PaddedConnectionWriter.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ implements ConnectionWriter {
 		try {
 			wait();
 		} catch(InterruptedException e) {
-			throw new IOException(e);
+			throw new IOException(e.getMessage());
 		}
 		if(exception != null) throw exception;
 	}