diff --git a/org-ql-view.el b/org-ql-view.el
index 74f74d9..754a694 100644
--- a/org-ql-view.el
+++ b/org-ql-view.el
@@ -672,7 +672,9 @@ When opened, the link searches the buffer it's opened from."
                                        (when (buffer-base-buffer thing)
                                          (buffer-file-name (buffer-base-buffer thing))))))))
       (unless (strings-or-file-buffers-p org-ql-view-buffers-files)
-        (user-error "Views that search non-file-backed buffers can't be linked to"))
+        ;; See https://github.com/jorgenschaefer/emacs-buttercup/issues/228
+        ;; for why we need to raise the error using "%s"
+        (user-error "%s" "Views that search non-file-backed buffers can't be linked to"))
       (let* ((query-string (--if-let (org-ql--query-sexp-to-string org-ql-view-query)
                                it (org-ql-view--format-query org-ql-view-query)))
              (buffers-files (prompt-for (org-ql-view--contract-buffers-files org-ql-view-buffers-files)))