diff --git a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/MarkedYAMLException.java b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/MarkedYAMLException.java
index 9fc6e0d..dec878d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/MarkedYAMLException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/error/MarkedYAMLException.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 
     protected MarkedYAMLException(String context, Mark contextMark, String problem,
             Mark problemMark, String note, Throwable cause) {
-        super(context + "; " + problem, cause);
+        super(context + "; " + problem/* + "; " + problemMark */, cause);
         this.context = context;
         this.contextMark = contextMark;
         this.problem = problem;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractClassTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractClassTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24073d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractClassTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2012, http://www.snakeyaml.org
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue145;
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.Yaml;
+
+public class AbstractClassTest extends TestCase {
+
+    public void testLineReport() {
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml();
+        try {
+            yaml.load("---\n!!org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue145.AbstractThing { id: QQQ }");
+            fail("Instances for abstract classes cannot be created");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertTrue(e.toString().contains("line 2, column 1"));
+            /*
+             * assertEquals(
+             * "null; Can't construct a java object for tag:yaml.org,2002:org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue145.AbstractThing; exception=java.lang.InstantiationException;  in \"<string>\", line 2, column 1:\n    !!org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issu ... \n    ^"
+             * , e.getMessage());
+             */
+
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractThing.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractThing.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4654fda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/issues/issue145/AbstractThing.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package org.yaml.snakeyaml.issues.issue145;
+
+public abstract class AbstractThing {
+private String id;
+
+public String getId() {
+	return id;
+}
+
+public void setId(String id) {
+	this.id = id;
+}
+
+}