diff --git a/src/feed.rs b/src/feed.rs
index 46b4309..0c940fa 100644
--- a/src/feed.rs
+++ b/src/feed.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use core::fmt::Debug;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
-use anyhow::{anyhow, Result};
+use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Result};
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use sqlx::{Pool, Sqlite};
 use tokio::sync::Mutex;
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ impl Feed for RSSFeed {
             .timeout(std::time::Duration::from_secs(15))
             .build()?;
         let response = client.get(&self.url).send().await?.text().await?;
-        let rssfeed = rss::Channel::read_from(response.as_bytes())?;
+        let rssfeed = rss::Channel::read_from(response.as_bytes())
+            .with_context(|| format!("failed to parse RSS feed from '{}'", self.url))?;
 
         let feed: Arc<Mutex<Box<dyn Feed>>> =
             Arc::new(Mutex::new(Box::new(self.clone()) as Box<dyn Feed>));
@@ -211,7 +212,7 @@ impl Feed for AtomFeed {
             Ok(feed) => feed,
             Err(e) => {
                 return Err(anyhow!(
-                    "failed to parse atom feed from '{}': {}",
+                    "failed to parse Atom feed from '{}': {}",
                     self.url,
                     e
                 ));
@@ -275,7 +276,8 @@ impl FeedItem {
             self.published_at,
         )
         .execute(&self.db)
-        .await?;
+        .await
+        .with_context(|| format!("guid: '{}' link: '{}'", self.guid, self.link))?;
 
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index c474c1f..e739bcd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
                 match item.save().await {
                     Ok(_) => (),
                     Err(e) => {
-                        return Err(anyhow!("failed to save item '{}': {}", item.guid, e));
+                        return Err(anyhow!("failed to save item: {:?}", e));
                     }
                 };
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
             match res {
                 Ok(Ok(_)) => (),
                 Ok(Err(e)) => {
-                    println!("failed to save item: {}", e);
+                    println!("{}", e);
                     // This could happen if the feed item has a duplicate guid;
                     // we don't want to exit in this case and ignore this for now
                 }