diff --git a/cmd/XDC/consolecmd.go b/cmd/XDC/consolecmd.go
index b14b81601b..78a3752bef 100644
--- a/cmd/XDC/consolecmd.go
+++ b/cmd/XDC/consolecmd.go
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ func remoteConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 func ephemeralConsole(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	var b strings.Builder
 	for _, file := range ctx.Args().Slice() {
-		b.Write([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("loadScript('%s');", file)))
+		b.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("loadScript('%s');", file))
 	}
 	utils.Fatalf(`The "js" command is deprecated. Please use the following instead:
-geth --exec "%s" console`, b.String())
+XDC --exec "%s" console`, b.String())
 	return nil
 }