diff --git a/webservice/webservice.py b/webservice/webservice.py
index e727eb5d5407f2b6c8e97ba1111dfa7b5238b388..c9d521c6858f19245ad574a75534f13bcfc33683 100644
--- a/webservice/webservice.py
+++ b/webservice/webservice.py
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ async def run_action(job_db, cmd, mode, proposal, run, exec_id) -> str:
             logging.error(Errors.JOB_LAUNCH_FAILED.format(cmd, retcode))
             logging.error(f"Failed process stdout:\n%s\nFailed process stderr:\n%s",
                           stdout.decode(errors='replace'), stderr.decode(errors='replace'))
-            return Errors.JOB_LAUNCH_FAILED.format(cmd, retcode)
+            return Errors.JOB_LAUNCH_FAILED.format("internal error", retcode)
 
         if "DARK" in cmd:
             message = Success.START_CHAR.format(proposal, run)