diff --git a/lib/GitLab/API/v4.pm b/lib/GitLab/API/v4.pm
index eb3dde7..55dbb66 100644
--- a/lib/GitLab/API/v4.pm
+++ b/lib/GitLab/API/v4.pm
@@ -4170,7 +4170,7 @@ sub job_trace_file {
     croak 'job_trace_file must be called with 2 arguments' if @_ != 2;
     croak 'The #1 argument ($project_id) to job_trace_file must be a scalar' if ref($_[0]) or (!defined $_[0]);
     croak 'The #2 argument ($job_id) to job_trace_file must be a scalar' if ref($_[1]) or (!defined $_[1]);
-    my $options = {};
+    my $options = {decode => 0};
     return $self->_call_rest_client( 'GET', 'projects/:project_id/jobs/:job_id/trace', [@_], $options );
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/GitLab/API/v4/RESTClient.pm b/lib/GitLab/API/v4/RESTClient.pm
index 62be391..5771fa0 100644
--- a/lib/GitLab/API/v4/RESTClient.pm
+++ b/lib/GitLab/API/v4/RESTClient.pm
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ sub request {
         }
         catch {
             croakf(
-                'Error decoding JSON (%s %s %s): ',
+                'Error decoding JSON (%s %s %s): %s',
                 $verb, $url, $res->{status}, $_,
             );
         };