diff --git a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/objectmanager/ContainerAdapter.java b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/objectmanager/ContainerAdapter.java
index 6323d14624..d9e6e27659 100644
--- a/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/objectmanager/ContainerAdapter.java
+++ b/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/xmlui/objectmanager/ContainerAdapter.java
@@ -304,7 +304,9 @@ public class ContainerAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
 	                }
 	                catch(ItemCountException e)
 	                {
-	                	throw new IOException("Could not obtain Collection item-count: ", e);
+	                    IOException ioe = new IOException("Could not obtain Collection item-count");
+	                    ioe.initCause(e);
+	                	throw ioe;
 	                }
         		}
             } 
@@ -338,7 +340,9 @@ public class ContainerAdapter extends AbstractAdapter
 	                }
 	                catch(ItemCountException e)
 	                {
-	                	throw new IOException("Could not obtain Community item-count: ", e);
+	                	IOException ioe = new IOException("Could not obtain Collection item-count");
+		                ioe.initCause(e);
+		                throw ioe;
 	                }
         		}
             }