diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryNotFoundException.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryNotFoundException.java
index 070221117a..1208596348 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryNotFoundException.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/RepositoryNotFoundException.java
@@ -61,4 +61,8 @@ public class RepositoryNotFoundException extends NotFoundException
   public RepositoryNotFoundException(String repositoryId) {
     super("repository", repositoryId);
   }
+
+  public RepositoryNotFoundException(NamespaceAndName namespaceAndName) {
+    super("repository", namespaceAndName.toString());
+  }
 }
diff --git a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
index 627e57a797..33f57d4524 100644
--- a/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
+++ b/scm-core/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/api/RepositoryServiceFactory.java
@@ -208,9 +208,7 @@ public final class RepositoryServiceFactory
 
     if (repository == null)
     {
-      String msg = "could not find a repository with namespace/name " + namespaceAndName;
-
-      throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(msg);
+      throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(namespaceAndName);
     }
 
     return create(repository);
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PermissionRootResource.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PermissionRootResource.java
index 2b53192542..7f15120357 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PermissionRootResource.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/api/v2/resources/PermissionRootResource.java
@@ -210,8 +210,9 @@ public class PermissionRootResource {
    * @throws RepositoryNotFoundException if the repository does not exists
    */
   private Repository load(String namespace, String name) throws RepositoryNotFoundException {
-    return Optional.ofNullable(manager.get(new NamespaceAndName(namespace, name)))
-      .orElseThrow(() -> new RepositoryNotFoundException(name));
+    NamespaceAndName namespaceAndName = new NamespaceAndName(namespace, name);
+    return Optional.ofNullable(manager.get(namespaceAndName))
+      .orElseThrow(() -> new RepositoryNotFoundException(namespaceAndName));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HealthChecker.java b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HealthChecker.java
index 0d27c6d250..52dea4223b 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HealthChecker.java
+++ b/scm-webapp/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/HealthChecker.java
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ public final class HealthChecker {
     Repository repository = repositoryManager.get(id);
 
     if (repository == null) {
-      throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(
-        "could not find repository with id ".concat(id));
+      throw new RepositoryNotFoundException(id);
     }
 
     doCheck(repository);