diff --git a/app.go b/app.go
index eea2071..e809ac5 100644
--- a/app.go
+++ b/app.go
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ func (a *App) startup(ctx context.Context) {
 func (a *App) initLog() error {
 	fp, err := config.LogFile()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error getting filepath for log file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("error getting filepath for log file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	f, err := os.OpenFile(fp, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("error opening log file")
+		return fmt.Errorf("error opening log file: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	a.logInfo = log.New(f, "[info]", log.LstdFlags|log.Lshortfile)