diff --git a/lib/core/bigarray.py b/lib/core/bigarray.py
index 0e42433d8..f31b93eea 100644
--- a/lib/core/bigarray.py
+++ b/lib/core/bigarray.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class BigArray(list):
                     self.chunks[-1] = pickle.load(fp)
             except IOError, ex:
                 errMsg = "exception occurred while retrieving data "
-                errMsg += "from a temporary file ('%s')" % ex
+                errMsg += "from a temporary file ('%s')" % ex.message
                 raise SqlmapSystemException, errMsg
         return self.chunks[-1].pop()
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ class BigArray(list):
             return filename
         except (OSError, IOError), ex:
             errMsg = "exception occurred while storing data "
-            errMsg += "to a temporary file ('%s'). Please " % ex
+            errMsg += "to a temporary file ('%s'). Please " % ex.message
             errMsg += "make sure that there is enough disk space left. If problem persists, "
             errMsg += "try to set environment variable 'TEMP' to a location "
             errMsg += "writeable by the current user"
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ class BigArray(list):
                     self.cache = Cache(index, pickle.load(fp), False)
             except IOError, ex:
                 errMsg = "exception occurred while retrieving data "
-                errMsg += "from a temporary file ('%s')" % ex
+                errMsg += "from a temporary file ('%s')" % ex.message
                 raise SqlmapSystemException, errMsg
 
     def __getstate__(self):
diff --git a/lib/core/common.py b/lib/core/common.py
index 556865764..5f906cd8a 100755
--- a/lib/core/common.py
+++ b/lib/core/common.py
@@ -3008,7 +3008,7 @@ def createGithubIssue(errMsg, excMsg):
         else:
             warnMsg = "something went wrong while creating a Github issue"
             if ex:
-                warnMsg += " ('%s')" % ex
+                warnMsg += " ('%s')" % ex.message
             if "Unauthorized" in warnMsg:
                 warnMsg += ". Please update to the latest revision"
             logger.warn(warnMsg)
@@ -3567,7 +3567,7 @@ def findPageForms(content, url, raise_=False, addToTargets=False):
                 request = form.click()
             except (ValueError, TypeError), ex:
                 errMsg = "there has been a problem while "
-                errMsg += "processing page forms ('%s')" % ex
+                errMsg += "processing page forms ('%s')" % ex.message
                 if raise_:
                     raise SqlmapGenericException(errMsg)
                 else:
diff --git a/lib/utils/google.py b/lib/utils/google.py
index 800f366e8..7849befbb 100644
--- a/lib/utils/google.py
+++ b/lib/utils/google.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class Google(object):
             conn = self.opener.open("http://www.google.com/ncr")
             conn.info()  # retrieve session cookie
         except Exception, ex:
-            errMsg = "unable to connect to Google ('%s')" % ex
+            errMsg = "unable to connect to Google ('%s')" % ex.message
             raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
 
     def search(self, dork):