diff --git a/src/ldeether.c b/src/ldeether.c
index bb78db9..bcdf5a8 100644
--- a/src/ldeether.c
+++ b/src/ldeether.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   /* then execve the LDE executable */
   execvp(filetorun, newargv);
-  perror(filetorun);
+  perror("failed to exec lde");
   return (1);
 }