diff --git a/internal/metrics/listener.go b/internal/metrics/listener.go
index a1db9f50..a7523115 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/listener.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/listener.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (l *Listener) AddDistributionMetric(metric string, value float64, timestamp
 	if l.isAgentRunning {
 		err := l.statsdClient.Distribution(metric, value, tags, 1)
 		if err != nil {
-			logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("could not send metric %s", metric))
+			logger.Error(fmt.Errorf("could not send metric %s: %s", metric, err.Error()))
 		}
 		return
 	}