diff --git a/src/quantcore/matrix/split_matrix.py b/src/quantcore/matrix/split_matrix.py
index 22554fa4..e78685cd 100644
--- a/src/quantcore/matrix/split_matrix.py
+++ b/src/quantcore/matrix/split_matrix.py
@@ -384,7 +384,10 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
     def __repr__(self):
         out = "SplitMatrix:"
         for i, mat in enumerate(self.matrices):
-            out += f"\n\nComponent {i} with type {mat.__class__.__name__}\n" + str(mat)
+            out += (
+                f"\n\nComponent {i} with type {mat.__class__.__name__}\n"
+                + mat.__repr__()
+            )
         return out
 
     __array_priority__ = 13