diff --git a/src/clipboard.zig b/src/clipboard.zig
index 52e05da..bcbeb07 100644
--- a/src/clipboard.zig
+++ b/src/clipboard.zig
@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ pub fn clipboardChanged(self: *Self, contents: []const u8) !void {
 fn getKey(allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !*[crypt.key_size]u8 {
     const passfile = std.fs.cwd().openFile(".clippy", .{}) catch |e| {
         if (e == error.FileNotFound) {
-            std.log.err("Could not find '.clippy' file. Please add a password to this file", .{});
+            const cwd = std.fs.realpathAlloc(allocator, ".") catch "could not determine";
+            defer allocator.free(cwd);
+            std.log.err("Could not find '.clippy' file in directory {s}. Please add a password to this file", .{cwd});
         }
         return e;
     };