diff --git a/src/freedombone-sec b/src/freedombone-sec
index 611b7064..6fbe5cd2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-sec
+++ b/src/freedombone-sec
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ function enable_monkeysphere {
 
         MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID=$(gpg_pubkey_from_email "$MY_USERNAME" "$MY_USERNAME@$HOSTNAME")
         if [ ${#MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID} -lt 4 ]; then
-            echo $'monkeysphere unable to get GPG key ID for user $MY_USERNAME'
+            echo $"monkeysphere unable to get GPG key ID for user $MY_USERNAME@$HOSTNAME"
             exit 52825
         fi
 
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-monkeysphere b/src/freedombone-utils-monkeysphere
index cdf16cfc..d1beaaa2 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-monkeysphere
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-monkeysphere
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function install_monkeysphere {
     if [ ! $MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID ]; then
         MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID=$(gpg_pubkey_from_email "$MY_USERNAME" "$MY_USERNAME@$HOSTNAME")
         if [ ${#MY_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY_ID} -lt 4 ]; then
-            echo $'monkeysphere unable to get GPG key ID for user $MY_USERNAME'
+            echo $"monkeysphere unable to get GPG key ID for user $MY_USERNAME@$HOSTNAME"
             exit 52825
         fi
     fi