diff --git a/fittrackee/tests/workouts/test_workouts_api_1_post.py b/fittrackee/tests/workouts/test_workouts_api_1_post.py
index a77dbd0e..292a639a 100644
--- a/fittrackee/tests/workouts/test_workouts_api_1_post.py
+++ b/fittrackee/tests/workouts/test_workouts_api_1_post.py
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ class TestPostWorkoutWithGpx(ApiTestCaseMixin, CallArgsMixin):
             ),
         )
 
-        data = self.assert_500(response, 'Error during gpx processing.')
+        data = self.assert_500(response, 'error during gpx processing')
         assert 'data' not in data
 
     def test_it_returns_500_if_gpx_has_invalid_xml(
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ class TestPostWorkoutWithGpx(ApiTestCaseMixin, CallArgsMixin):
             ),
         )
 
-        data = self.assert_500(response, 'Error during gpx file parsing.')
+        data = self.assert_500(response, 'error during gpx file parsing')
         assert 'data' not in data
 
     def test_it_returns_400_if_workout_gpx_has_invalid_extension(
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ class TestPostWorkoutWithZipArchive(ApiTestCaseMixin):
                 ),
             )
 
-            data = self.assert_500(response, 'Error during gpx processing.')
+            data = self.assert_500(response, 'error during gpx processing')
             assert 'data' not in data
 
     def test_it_imports_only_max_number_of_files(
diff --git a/fittrackee/workouts/utils/workouts.py b/fittrackee/workouts/utils/workouts.py
index 8c5650d0..0e8e3fd3 100644
--- a/fittrackee/workouts/utils/workouts.py
+++ b/fittrackee/workouts/utils/workouts.py
@@ -307,9 +307,9 @@ def process_one_gpx_file(
         absolute_map_filepath = get_absolute_file_path(map_filepath)
         generate_map(absolute_map_filepath, map_data)
     except (gpxpy.gpx.GPXXMLSyntaxException, TypeError) as e:
-        raise WorkoutException('error', 'Error during gpx file parsing.', e)
+        raise WorkoutException('error', 'error during gpx file parsing', e)
     except Exception as e:
-        raise WorkoutException('error', 'Error during gpx processing.', e)
+        raise WorkoutException('error', 'error during gpx processing', e)
 
     try:
         new_workout = create_workout(