diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1959443b..d0fc5f7a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Flask-Script
 Flask-SQLAlchemy
 Flask-Migrate
 python-fedora
+funcsigs # Python2 only
diff --git a/rida/messaging.py b/rida/messaging.py
index fa45ee93..f07dc309 100644
--- a/rida/messaging.py
+++ b/rida/messaging.py
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@
 """Generic messaging functions."""
 
 import re
+try:
+    from inspect import signature
+except ImportError:
+    from funcsigs import signature
+
 from rida import logger
 
 
@@ -36,6 +41,17 @@ class BaseMessage(object):
         """
         self.msg_id = msg_id
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        init_sig = signature(self.__init__)
+
+        args_strs = (
+            "{}={!r}".format(name, getattr(self, name))
+            if param.default != param.empty
+            else repr(getattr(self, name))
+            for name, param in init_sig.parameters.items())
+
+        return "{}({})".format(type(self).__name__, ', '.join(args_strs))
+
     @staticmethod
     def from_fedmsg(topic, msg):
         """
diff --git a/rida/scheduler/main.py b/rida/scheduler/main.py
index 171a9463..47e6558e 100644
--- a/rida/scheduler/main.py
+++ b/rida/scheduler/main.py
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ proper scheduling component builds in the supported build systems.
 import inspect
 import operator
 import os
-import pprint
 import threading
 import time
 import six.moves.queue as queue
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ class MessageWorker(threading.Thread):
                 self.process_message(msg)
             except Exception:
                 log.exception("Failed while handling %r" % msg.msg_id)
-                log.info(pprint.pformat(msg))
+                log.info(msg)
 
     def process_message(self, msg):
         log.debug('Received a message with an ID of "{0}" and of type "{1}"'