diff --git a/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h b/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
index c8b3b1b5..65295326 100644
--- a/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
+++ b/headers/modsecurity/transaction.h
@@ -215,13 +215,18 @@ class Transaction {
     const char *m_serverIpAddress;
 
     /**
-     * Holds the raw URI that was requestd.
+     * Holds the raw URI that was requested.
      */
     const char *m_uri;
 
+    /**
+     * Holds the URI that was requests (without the query string).
+     */
+    std::string m_uri_no_query_string_decoded;
+
     /**
      * Holds the combined size of all arguments, later used to fill the
-	 * variable  ARGS_COMBINED_SIZE.
+     * variable  ARGS_COMBINED_SIZE.
      */
     double m_ARGScombinedSize;
 
diff --git a/src/rule_message.cc b/src/rule_message.cc
index 0d0d8262..4dbfaffb 100644
--- a/src/rule_message.cc
+++ b/src/rule_message.cc
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ std::string RuleMessage::errorLog(Transaction *trans) {
     }
     msg.append(" [hostname \"" + std::string(trans->m_serverIpAddress) \
         + "\"]");
-    msg.append(" [uri \"" + std::string(trans->m_uri) + "\"]");
+    msg.append(" [uri \"" + trans->m_uri_no_query_string_decoded + "\"]");
     msg.append(" [unique_id \"" + trans->m_id + "\"]");
 
     return modsecurity::utils::string::toHexIfNeeded(msg);
diff --git a/src/transaction.cc b/src/transaction.cc
index 7e652bf8..92a7c36f 100644
--- a/src/transaction.cc
+++ b/src/transaction.cc
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Transaction::Transaction(ModSecurity *ms, Rules *rules, void *logCbData)
     m_clientPort(0),
     m_serverPort(0),
     m_uri(""),
+    m_uri_no_query_string_decoded(""),
     m_method(""),
     m_httpVersion(""),
     m_rules(rules),
@@ -384,6 +385,12 @@ int Transaction::processURI(const char *uri, const char *method,
     m_collections.store("REQUEST_LINE", std::string(method) + " " +
         std::string(uri) + " HTTP/" + std::string(http_version));
 
+    if (pos != std::string::npos) {
+        m_uri_no_query_string_decoded = std::string(m_uri_decoded, 0, pos);
+    } else {
+        m_uri_no_query_string_decoded = std::string(m_uri_decoded);
+    }
+
     if (pos_raw != std::string::npos) {
         m_collections.store("QUERY_STRING", std::string(uri_s, pos_raw + 1,
             uri_s.length() - (pos_raw + 1)));