diff --git a/tests/test_query.py b/tests/test_query.py
index b0bdaec..d215b95 100644
--- a/tests/test_query.py
+++ b/tests/test_query.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ def test_query_job(dicom_server, tempdir, rq_connection,fs):
     try:
         example_dcm = next(k for k in Path(tempdir).rglob("*.dcm"))
     except StopIteration:
-        assert False, f"No DICOM file found in {tempdir}"
+        raise Exception(f"No DICOM file found in {tempdir}")
     assert pydicom.dcmread(example_dcm).AccessionNumber == MOCK_ACCESSIONS[0]
 
 def tree(path, prefix='', level=0) -> None:
diff --git a/webinterface/dashboards/query/jobs.py b/webinterface/dashboards/query/jobs.py
index d6b6697..4cbf716 100644
--- a/webinterface/dashboards/query/jobs.py
+++ b/webinterface/dashboards/query/jobs.py
@@ -123,7 +123,10 @@ def execute(self, *, accessions: List[str], node: Union[DicomTarget, DicomWebTar
             self._job.meta['failed_reason'] = str(e)
             self._job.save_meta() # type: ignore
             if self.parent and (job_parent := Job.fetch(self.parent)):
-                job_parent.meta['failed_reason'] = e.args[0]
+                if e.args:
+                    job_parent.meta['failed_reason'] = f"{str(e)} ({str(e.args[0])})"
+                else:
+                    job_parent.meta['failed_reason'] = str(e)
                 job_parent.save_meta() # type: ignore
                 Queue(job_parent.origin)._enqueue_job(job_parent,at_front=True)
             raise