diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a6d4047f5..32aa7346d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ Deluge 1.0.1 (In Development)
  Core:
   * Change the default max global upload slots to 4 instead of -1 since libtorrent
     will automatically open more slots to meet the upload speed limit.
-    
+  * Fix display of tracker error messages
+
  Misc:
   * Fix #187 set a 5 second timer to save the config file after a config value
     has been changed.
diff --git a/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py b/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py
index 0affa34f3..f14f6885d 100644
--- a/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py
+++ b/deluge/core/torrentmanager.py
@@ -715,8 +715,7 @@ class TorrentManager(component.Component):
     def on_alert_tracker_error(self, alert):
         log.debug("on_alert_tracker_error")
         torrent = self.torrents[str(alert.handle.info_hash())]
-        error_msg = " ".join(alert.message().split()[3:]).split(":")[0]
-        tracker_status = "%s: %s" % (_("Error"), error_msg)
+        tracker_status = "%s: %s" % (_("Error"), alert.msg)
         try:
             torrent.set_tracker_status(tracker_status)
         except KeyError:
diff --git a/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp b/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
index fe34c6c27..d87071bd3 100755
--- a/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
+++ b/libtorrent/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ void bind_alert()
     class_<tracker_error_alert, bases<tracker_alert>, noncopyable>(
         "tracker_error_alert", tracker_error_alert_doc, no_init
     )
+        .def_readonly("msg", &tracker_error_alert::msg)
         .def_readonly("times_in_row", &tracker_error_alert::times_in_row)
         .def_readonly("status_code", &tracker_error_alert::status_code)
         ;