diff --git a/stepmania/src/Background.cpp b/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
index 6dee7b4bf8..3192a0cb66 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Background.cpp
@@ -723,7 +723,9 @@ void BackgroundImpl::Layer::UpdateCurBGChange( const Song *pSong, float fLastMus
 		if( iter == m_BGAnimations.end() )
 		{
 			XNode *pNode = change.m_def.CreateNode();
-			LOG->Warn( "Tried to switch to a background that was never loaded\n" + XmlFileUtil::GetXML(pNode) );
+			RString xml = XmlFileUtil::GetXML( pNode );
+			Trim( xml );
+			LOG->Warn( "Tried to switch to a background that was never loaded:\n%s", xml.c_str() );
 			SAFE_DELETE( pNode );
 			return;
 		}