diff --git a/br-parser-tools-lib/br-parser-tools/lex.rkt b/br-parser-tools-lib/br-parser-tools/lex.rkt
index d4ee03c..5bd3f87 100644
--- a/br-parser-tools-lib/br-parser-tools/lex.rkt
+++ b/br-parser-tools-lib/br-parser-tools/lex.rkt
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
     (define match (read-string length lb))
     (define end-pos (get-position lb))
     (raise-read-error
-     (format "lexer: No match found in input starting with: ~a" match)
+     (format "lexer: No match found in input starting with: ~v" match)
      (file-path)
      (position-line first-pos)
      (position-col first-pos)