diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index bbc73d560c..12de1b6c0e 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void supervisor_execution_status(void) {
     } else if ((_exec_result.return_code & PYEXEC_EXCEPTION) != 0 &&
                _exec_result.exception_line > 0 &&
                exception != NULL) {
-        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "@%d %s %q", _exec_result.exception_line, _exec_result.exception_filename, exception->base.type->name);
+        mp_printf(&mp_plat_print, "%d@%s %q", _exec_result.exception_line, _exec_result.exception_filename, exception->base.type->name);
     } else {
         serial_write_compressed(translate("Done"));
     }