diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/sync/service/GoogleDriveSyncService.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/sync/service/GoogleDriveSyncService.kt
index 8756502f1..4321cce8d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/sync/service/GoogleDriveSyncService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/data/sync/service/GoogleDriveSyncService.kt
@@ -154,11 +154,11 @@ class GoogleDriveSyncService(context: Context, json: Json, syncPreferences: Sync
 
             if (retries >= maxRetries) {
                 logcat(LogPriority.ERROR) { "Max retries reached, exiting sync process" }
-                throw Exception(context.stringResource(SYMR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive) + ": Max retries reached.")
+                throw Exception(context.stringResource(SYMR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive, "Max retries reached."))
             }
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             logcat(LogPriority.ERROR, throwable = e) { "Error in GoogleDrive beforeSync" }
-            throw Exception(context.stringResource(SYMR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive) + ": ${e.message}", e)
+            throw Exception(context.stringResource(SYMR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive, e.message ?: "Exception"), e)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/config/detekt/baseline.xml b/config/detekt/baseline.xml
index 625206038..1ff07b8ca 100644
--- a/config/detekt/baseline.xml
+++ b/config/detekt/baseline.xml
@@ -1962,8 +1962,8 @@
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:EHentai.kt$EHentai$throw Exception(it.text())</ID>
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:ExtensionLoader.kt$ExtensionLoader$throw Exception("Unknown source class type: ${obj.javaClass}")</ID>
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.google_drive_not_signed_in))</ID>
-    <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive) + ": ${e.message}", e)</ID>
-    <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive) + ": Max retries reached.")</ID>
+    <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive, e.message ?: "Exception"), e)</ID>
+    <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_before_sync_gdrive, "Max retries reached."))</ID>
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_deleting_google_drive_lock_file), e)</ID>
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.error_uploading_sync_data) + ": ${e.message}", e)</ID>
     <ID>TooGenericExceptionThrown:GoogleDriveSyncService.kt$GoogleDriveSyncService$throw Exception(context.stringResource(MR.strings.google_drive_not_signed_in))</ID>