diff --git a/piker/data/_sampling.py b/piker/data/_sampling.py
index ca4c59a9..802ea391 100644
--- a/piker/data/_sampling.py
+++ b/piker/data/_sampling.py
@@ -292,9 +292,10 @@ class Sampler:
 
                     except self.bcast_errors as err:
                         log.error(
-                            f'Connection dropped for IPC ctx\n'
-                            f'{stream._ctx}\n\n'
-                            f'Due to {type(err)}'
+                            f'Connection dropped for IPC ctx due to,\n'
+                            f'{type(err)!r}\n'
+                            f'\n'
+                            f'{stream._ctx}'
                         )
                         borked.add(stream)
                 else: