diff --git a/locales/en.json b/locales/en.json
index e939b26fa..5dd46485b 100644
--- a/locales/en.json
+++ b/locales/en.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "app_upgraded": "{app:s} has been upgraded",
     "appslist_fetched": "The app list has been fetched",
     "appslist_removed": "The app list has been removed",
-    "appslist_retrieve_error": "Unable to retrieve the remote app list",
+    "appslist_retrieve_error": "Unable to retrieve the remote app list: {error}",
     "appslist_unknown": "Unknown app list",
     "ask_current_admin_password": "Current administration password",
     "ask_email": "Email address",
diff --git a/src/yunohost/app.py b/src/yunohost/app.py
index f6f8699a4..211009a04 100644
--- a/src/yunohost/app.py
+++ b/src/yunohost/app.py
@@ -103,9 +103,7 @@ def app_fetchlist(url=None, name=None):
     try:
         urlretrieve(url, '%s/%s.json' % (repo_path, name))
     except Exception as e:
-        # I don't know how to put e into the MoulinetteError stuff
-        print e
-        raise MoulinetteError(errno.EBADR, m18n.n('appslist_retrieve_error'))
+        raise MoulinetteError(errno.EBADR, m18n.n('appslist_retrieve_error'), error=str(e))
 
     open("/etc/cron.d/yunohost-applist-%s" % name, "w").write('00 00 * * * root yunohost app fetchlist -u %s -n %s > /dev/null 2>&1\n' % (url, name))