lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm | 2 +-

diff --git a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
index dc70d690b8f4cd25b5bb5f3f0d056102594df961..2b25cf0112d9bc99fab402c989e581e4d17203c0 100644
--- a/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
+++ b/lib/PublicInbox/Admin.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ 		my $dir = eval {
 			local $/;
 			<$fh>;
 		};
-		close $fh or die "error in $cmd: $!\n";
+		close $fh or die "error in $cmd (cwd:$cd): $!\n";
 		chomp $dir;
 		$$ver = 1 if $ver;
 		return abs_path($cd) if ($dir eq '.' && defined $cd);