diff --git a/Api/Api.cs b/Api/Api.cs
index 37fc246a1a3e..f606ca24e830 100644
--- a/Api/Api.cs
+++ b/Api/Api.cs
@@ -1067,7 +1067,7 @@ public virtual byte[] DownloadBytes(string address, IEnumerable<KeyValuePair<str
                 var message = $"Api.DownloadBytes(): Failed to download data from {address}";
                 if (!userName.IsNullOrEmpty() || !password.IsNullOrEmpty())
                 {
-                    message += $" with username: {userName} and password {password}";
+                    message += $" with username: {userName} and password: {(string.IsNullOrEmpty(password) ? "" : new string('*', password.Length))}";
                 }
 
                 throw new WebException($"{message}. Please verify the source for missing http:// or https://", exception);