diff --git a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
index 9179a9f1..d51b8b98 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/splunk/kafka/connect/SplunkSinkTask.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ private void send(final EventBatch batch) {
         } catch (Exception ex) {
             batch.fail();
             onEventFailure(Arrays.asList(batch), ex);
-            log.error("failed to send batch {}" ,batch.getUUID(), ex);
+            log.error(String.format("failed to send batch %s", batch.getUUID()), ex);
         }
     }