diff --git a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/event/RecordingStateChangedEvent.java b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/event/RecordingStateChangedEvent.java
index 889017c8..ad8deb00 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/event/RecordingStateChangedEvent.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/ctbrec/event/RecordingStateChangedEvent.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class RecordingStateChangedEvent extends AbstractModelEvent {
 
     @Override
     public String toString() {
-        return "RecordingStateChanged[" + newState + "," + model.getDisplayName() + "," + path + "]";
+        return "RecordingStateChanged[" + newState.name() + "," + model.getDisplayName() + "," + path + "]";
     }
 
 }