diff --git a/apps/transport/lib/jobs/resource_history_job.ex b/apps/transport/lib/jobs/resource_history_job.ex
index 1540c4f0dd..9f54856d8c 100644
--- a/apps/transport/lib/jobs/resource_history_job.ex
+++ b/apps/transport/lib/jobs/resource_history_job.ex
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ defmodule Transport.Jobs.ResourceHistoryJob do
         {:error, "Got a non 200 status: #{status}"}
 
       {:error, %HTTPoison.Error{reason: reason}} ->
-        {:error, "Got an error: #{reason}"}
+        {:error, "Got an error: #{inspect(reason)}"}
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/apps/transport/lib/transport/gtfs_rt.ex b/apps/transport/lib/transport/gtfs_rt.ex
index 10f84331eb..0cd1764c21 100644
--- a/apps/transport/lib/transport/gtfs_rt.ex
+++ b/apps/transport/lib/transport/gtfs_rt.ex
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ defmodule Transport.GTFSRT do
         {:error, "Got a non 200 HTTP status code: #{status_code}"}
 
       {:error, %HTTPoison.Error{reason: reason}} ->
-        {:error, "Got an HTTP error: #{reason}"}
+        {:error, "Got an HTTP error: #{inspect(reason)}"}
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/apps/transport/lib/transport_web/live/siri_querier_live.ex b/apps/transport/lib/transport_web/live/siri_querier_live.ex
index 3b3e281434..0558ce80ff 100644
--- a/apps/transport/lib/transport_web/live/siri_querier_live.ex
+++ b/apps/transport/lib/transport_web/live/siri_querier_live.ex
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ defmodule TransportWeb.Live.SIRIQuerierLive do
           })
 
         {:error, %HTTPoison.Error{reason: reason}} ->
-          socket |> assign(siri_response_error: reason, siri_response_status_code: nil)
+          socket |> assign(siri_response_error: inspect(reason), siri_response_status_code: nil)
       end
 
     {:noreply, socket}
diff --git a/apps/transport/test/transport/gtfs_rt_test.exs b/apps/transport/test/transport/gtfs_rt_test.exs
index 73603e7b8c..cd9509f747 100644
--- a/apps/transport/test/transport/gtfs_rt_test.exs
+++ b/apps/transport/test/transport/gtfs_rt_test.exs
@@ -39,9 +39,15 @@ defmodule Transport.GTFSRTTest do
     end
 
     test "HTTPoison error" do
-      setup_http_response(@url, {:error, %HTTPoison.Error{reason: "SSL problemz"}})
+      reason =
+        {:tls_alert,
+         {:certificate_expired,
+          ~c"TLS client: In state certify at ssl_handshake.erl:2065 generated CLIENT ALERT: Fatal - Certificate Expired\n"}}
 
-      assert {:error, "Got an HTTP error: SSL problemz"} == GTFSRT.decode_remote_feed(@url)
+      setup_http_response(@url, {:error, %HTTPoison.Error{reason: reason}})
+
+      {:error, reason} = GTFSRT.decode_remote_feed(@url)
+      assert reason =~ ~r"^Got an HTTP error:"
     end
   end