diff --git a/src/optimize.py b/src/optimize.py
index 10b475ba3..4ce20c01f 100644
--- a/src/optimize.py
+++ b/src/optimize.py
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ def configs_to_individuals(cfgs):
             individual = config_to_individual(format_config(cfg, verbose=False))
             inds[calc_hash(individual)] = individual
         except Exception as e:
-            logging.error(f"error with config_to_individual {e}")
+            logging.error(f"error loading starting config: {e}")
     return list(inds.values())