diff --git a/src/pytorch_tabular/tabular_model_tuner.py b/src/pytorch_tabular/tabular_model_tuner.py
index 6fd5684e..d199d1fb 100644
--- a/src/pytorch_tabular/tabular_model_tuner.py
+++ b/src/pytorch_tabular/tabular_model_tuner.py
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ def tune(
                     params.update({"trial_id": i})
                     trials.append(params)
                     if verbose:
-                        logger.info(f"Trial {i+1}/{n_trials}: {params} | Score: {params[metric]}")
+                        logger.info(f"Trial {i+1}/{n_trials}: {params} | Score: {params[metric_str]}")
 
         trials_df = pd.DataFrame(trials)
         trials = trials_df.pop("trial_id")