diff --git a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/unixUtility.cpp b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/unixUtility.cpp
index 40d8c2129..57e1f17a3 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/osal/linux/unixUtility.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/osal/linux/unixUtility.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ void utility::printUnixErrorGeneric(const char* const className,
 #if FSFW_VERBOSE_LEVEL >= 1
     if(outputType == sif::OutputTypes::OUT_ERROR) {
 #if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
-    sif::error << className << "::" << function << ":"  << failString << " error: "
+    sif::error << className << "::" << function << ": "  << failString << " error: "
             << strerror(errno)  << std::endl;
 #else
     sif::printError("%s::%s: %s error: %s\n", className, function, failString, strerror(errno));
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void utility::printUnixErrorGeneric(const char* const className,
     }
     else {
 #if FSFW_CPP_OSTREAM_ENABLED == 1
-    sif::warning << className << "::" << function << ":"  << failString << " error: "
+    sif::warning << className << "::" << function << ": "  << failString << " error: "
             << strerror(errno)  << std::endl;
 #else
     sif::printWarning("%s::%s: %s error: %s\n", className, function, failString, strerror(errno));