diff --git a/lib/formatters/basic_formatter.rb b/lib/formatters/basic_formatter.rb
index 8a3a492..85473dc 100644
--- a/lib/formatters/basic_formatter.rb
+++ b/lib/formatters/basic_formatter.rb
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ class BasicFormatter < SemanticLogger::Formatters::Color # rubocop:disable Metri
   def exception
     return unless log.exception
 
-    backtrace = backtrace(log.exception)
-
-    "#{ansi_wrap(log.exception.class,
-                 ANSI_REVERSED_WARNING)} #{ansi_wrap(log.exception.message, ANSI_REVERSED_ERROR)}#{backtrace}"
+    clazz = log.exception.class
+    message = log.exception.message
+    stack = backtrace(log.exception)
+    "#{ansi_wrap(clazz, ANSI_REVERSED_WARNING)} #{ansi_wrap(message, ANSI_REVERSED_ERROR)}#{stack}"
   end
 
   def call(log, logger)