diff --git a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
index d44e99cb586..f10563ff485 100644
--- a/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
+++ b/geonode/upload/handlers/xlsx/handler.py
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@ def pre_processing(self, files, execution_id, **kwargs):
             self._convert_to_csv(headers, rows_gen, output_file)
 
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception("XLSX Pre-processing failed")
-            raise InvalidInputFileException(detail=f"Failed to securely parse Excel: {str(e)}")
+            logger.exception(f"XLSX Pre-processing failed: {str(e)}")
+            raise InvalidInputFileException(detail="Failed to securely parse Excel.")
 
         # update the file path in the payload
         _data["files"]["base_file"] = output_file