diff --git a/ill/ill-requests.pl b/ill/ill-requests.pl
index 4977a51b3e..5760569039 100755
--- a/ill/ill-requests.pl
+++ b/ill/ill-requests.pl
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ if ( $backends_available ) {
             $append .= '&tran_success=' . join(',', @{$ret->{result}->{success}});
         }
         if ($ret->{result} && scalar @{$ret->{result}->{fail}} > 0) {
-            $append .= '&tran_fail=' . join(',', @{$ret->{result}->{fail}}.join(','));
+            $append .= '&tran_fail=' . join( ',', @{ $ret->{result}->{fail} } );
         }
         # Redirect to view the whole request
         print $cgi->redirect(