diff --git a/lib/ocaml/src/TSocket.ml b/lib/ocaml/src/TSocket.ml
index c74864a..20c8613 100644
--- a/lib/ocaml/src/TSocket.ml
+++ b/lib/ocaml/src/TSocket.ml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@
     try
       let addr = (let {Unix.h_addr_list=x} = Unix.gethostbyname host in x.(0)) in
         chans <- Some(Unix.open_connection (Unix.ADDR_INET (addr,port)))
-    with _ -> 
-      raise (T.E (T.NOT_OPEN, ("TSocket: Could not connect to "^host^":"^(string_of_int port))))
+    with 
+        Unix.Unix_error (e,fn,_) -> raise (T.E (T.NOT_OPEN, ("TSocket: Could not connect to "^host^":"^(string_of_int port)^" because: "^fn^":"^(Unix.error_message e))))
+      | _ -> raise (T.E (T.NOT_OPEN, ("TSocket: Could not connect to "^host^":"^(string_of_int port))))
 
   method close = 
     match chans with 
@@ -25,7 +26,9 @@
     | Some(i,o) -> 
         try 
           really_input i buf off len; len
-        with _ -> raise (T.E (T.UNKNOWN, ("TSocket: Could not read "^(string_of_int len)^" from "^host^":"^(string_of_int port))))
+        with
+            Unix.Unix_error (e,fn,_) -> raise (T.E (T.UNKNOWN, ("TSocket: Could not read "^(string_of_int len)^" from "^host^":"^(string_of_int port)^" because: "^fn^":"^(Unix.error_message e))))
+          | _ -> raise (T.E (T.UNKNOWN, ("TSocket: Could not read "^(string_of_int len)^" from "^host^":"^(string_of_int port))))
   method write buf off len = match chans with 
       None -> raise (T.E (T.NOT_OPEN, "TSocket: Socket not open"))
     | Some(i,o) -> output o buf off len