diff --git a/topostats/io.py b/topostats/io.py
index 5679f288d9..eeb952dcb6 100644
--- a/topostats/io.py
+++ b/topostats/io.py
@@ -1026,6 +1026,7 @@ def get_data(self) -> None:
                     self.image, self.pixel_to_nm_scaling = suffix_to_loader[suffix]()
                 except Exception as e:
                     if "Channel" in str(e) and "not found" in str(e):
+                        LOGGER.warning(e)  # log the specific error message
                         LOGGER.warning(f"[{self.filename}] Channel {self.channel} not found, skipping image.")
                     else:
                         raise