diff --git a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults.go b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults.go
index b976478c394..da7320458ca 100644
--- a/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults.go
+++ b/core/chains/evm/config/toml/defaults.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func readConfig(path string, reader func(name string) ([]byte, error), fallback
 
 	// decode from toml to a chain config
 	if err := cconfig.DecodeTOML(bytes.NewReader(bts), &config); err != nil {
-		return nil, Chain{}, fmt.Errorf("%w %q: %s", errDecode, path, err)
+		return nil, Chain{}, fmt.Errorf("%w %s: %s", errDecode, path, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	if fallback {