diff --git a/literate/skills.org b/literate/skills.org
index acc638b..5ecb24d 100644
--- a/literate/skills.org
+++ b/literate/skills.org
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ The `initialize-all-skills` function is the unified orchestrator for the system
                                    '("org-skill-policy" "org-skill-bouncer"))))
         (dolist (req mandatory-skills)
           (unless (member req sorted-files :key #'pathname-name :test #'string-equal)
-            (error "BOOT FAILURE: Mandatory skill '~a' not found in skills directory: ~a" req (uiop:native-namestring skills-dir))" req)))
+            (error "BOOT FAILURE: Mandatory skill '~a' not found in skills directory: ~a" req (uiop:native-namestring skills-dir))))
       
         (harness-log "==================================================")
         (harness-log " LOADER: Initializing ~a skills..." (length sorted-files))
diff --git a/src/skills.lisp b/src/skills.lisp
index 89c8849..47b6282 100644
--- a/src/skills.lisp
+++ b/src/skills.lisp
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
                                    '("org-skill-policy" "org-skill-bouncer"))))
         (dolist (req mandatory-skills)
           (unless (member req sorted-files :key #'pathname-name :test #'string-equal)
-            (error "BOOT FAILURE: Mandatory skill '~a' not found in skills directory: ~a" req (uiop:native-namestring skills-dir))" req)))
+            (error "BOOT FAILURE: Mandatory skill '~a' not found in skills directory: ~a" req (uiop:native-namestring skills-dir))))
       
         (harness-log "==================================================")
         (harness-log " LOADER: Initializing ~a skills..." (length sorted-files))