diff --git a/crates/main/main.rs b/crates/main/main.rs
index 5289719..4df04aa 100644
--- a/crates/main/main.rs
+++ b/crates/main/main.rs
@@ -47,10 +47,12 @@ fn main_inner() -> Result<()> {
     let args = get_args();
 
     let config_file = get_config_path().context("getting config file")?;
-    let config = Config::load(&config_file).context("loading config file")?;
+    let config = Config::load(&config_file)
+        .with_context(|| format!("loading config file {}", config_file.to_string_lossy()))?;
 
     let group_dir = get_group_dir().context("resolving group dir")?;
-    let groups = Group::load(&group_dir, config.warn_not_symlinks).context("loading groups")?;
+    let groups = Group::load(&group_dir, config.warn_not_symlinks)
+        .with_context(|| format!("loading groups under {}", group_dir.to_string_lossy()))?;
 
     let pacdef = Pacdef::new(args, config, groups);
     pacdef.run_action_from_arg().context("running action")
diff --git a/crates/pacdef_core/src/grouping/group.rs b/crates/pacdef_core/src/grouping/group.rs
index 9bc3c99..d6065a1 100644
--- a/crates/pacdef_core/src/grouping/group.rs
+++ b/crates/pacdef_core/src/grouping/group.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ impl Group {
         if !group_dir.is_dir() {
             // we only need to create the innermost dir. The rest was already created from when
             // we loaded the config
-            create_dir(group_dir)
-                .with_context(|| format!("creating group dir {}", group_dir.to_string_lossy()))?;
+            create_dir(group_dir).context("group dir does not exist, creating")?;
         }
 
         for entry in group_dir.read_dir().context("reading group dir")? {