diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
index aec62303..d32781c2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/beust/kobalt/misc/KobaltLogger.kt
@@ -55,8 +55,10 @@ class Logger(val dev: Boolean) {
         }
     }
 
-    final fun warn(tag: String, message: String, e: Throwable? = null) =
-        println(getPattern("W", "***** WARNING ${e?.message}", tag, message))
+    final fun warn(tag: String, message: String, e: Throwable? = null) {
+        val fullMessage = e?.message ?: message
+        println(getPattern("W", "***** WARNING ", tag, fullMessage))
+    }
 
     final fun log(tag: String, message: String, newLine: Boolean) =
         with(getPattern("L", "", tag, message)) {