diff --git a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/runtime/Mongod.java b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/runtime/Mongod.java
index ed0b3b21afcccd268bea821b299b72071358836e..49fef8d07d763b918be34d2d153ca07f99e83ed3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/runtime/Mongod.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/flapdoodle/embed/mongo/runtime/Mongod.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class Mongod extends AbstractMongo {
 			}
 			return true;
 		} catch (IOException iox) {
-			logger.log(Level.WARNING, String.format("sendShutdown %s:%d", hostname, port), iox);
+			logger.log(Level.WARNING, String.format("sendShutdown %s:%d", hostname, port));
 			if (tryToReadErrorResponse) {
 				return true;
 			}