diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
index aedef2b2534..8abfc0dfc18 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/exporter/SaveDatabaseAction.java
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ private boolean saveDatabase(Path file, boolean selectedOnly, Charset encoding,
         } catch (UnsupportedCharsetException ex) {
             throw new SaveException(Localization.lang("Character encoding '%0' is not supported.", encoding.displayName()), ex);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
-            throw new SaveException("Problems saving:", ex);
+            throw new SaveException("Problems saving: " + ex, ex);
         }
 
         return true;