diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index df854ec..87aaa5c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+* Fixed bug failing to get a `str` representation of `Message` on `ipy`
+
 ### Removed
 
 
diff --git a/src/compas_eve/core.py b/src/compas_eve/core.py
index 33baba1..0c80545 100644
--- a/src/compas_eve/core.py
+++ b/src/compas_eve/core.py
@@ -50,8 +50,11 @@ class Message(UserDict):
 
     A message is fundamentally a dictionary and behaves as one."""
 
+    def __str__(self):
+        return str(self.data)
+
     def __getattr__(self, name):
-        return self.data[name]
+        return self.__dict__["data"][name]
 
     @classmethod
     def parse(cls, value):
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_core.py b/tests/unit/test_core.py
index 11df6a0..df87139 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_core.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_core.py
@@ -99,3 +99,8 @@ def callback(msg):
     assert received, "Message not received"
     assert result["value"].name == "Jazz"
     assert result["value"].hello_name == "Hello Jazz"
+
+
+def test_message_str():
+    msg = Message(a=3)
+    assert str(msg) == "{'a': 3}"