diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/FetcherException.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/FetcherException.java
index 475f2716f10..cd82a392fb9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/FetcherException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/FetcherException.java
@@ -89,6 +89,10 @@ private String getRedactedUrl() {
         return API_KEY_PATTERN.matcher(url).replaceAll(REDACTED_STRING);
     }
 
+    public static Object getRedactedUrl(URL source) {
+        return API_KEY_PATTERN.matcher(source.toString()).replaceAll(REDACTED_STRING);
+    }
+
     private String getPrefix() {
         String superLocalizedMessage = super.getLocalizedMessage();
         if (!StringUtil.isBlank(superLocalizedMessage)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/net/URLDownload.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/net/URLDownload.java
index 669d265cc1d..1f054ea5024 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/net/URLDownload.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/net/URLDownload.java
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ public URLConnection openConnection() throws FetcherException {
             } else if (status >= 400) {
                 // in case of an error, propagate the error message
                 SimpleHttpResponse httpResponse = new SimpleHttpResponse(httpURLConnection);
-                LOGGER.info("{}: {}", this.source, httpResponse);
+                LOGGER.info("{}: {}", FetcherException.getRedactedUrl(this.source), httpResponse);
                 if (status < 500) {
                     throw new FetcherClientException(this.source, httpResponse);
                 } else {