diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
index 3090fb3f..ef586bbb 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/logger.rs
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ fn aggregate_module_settings(_matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>)
                 for (module_name, v) in t {
                     let destinations = inner_try! {
                         v.read("destinations")
+                            .context("Failed reading header 'destinations'")
                             .map_err(Error::from)
                             .context(EM::TomlQueryError)?
                             .map(|val| {
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ fn aggregate_module_settings(_matches: &ArgMatches, config: Option<&Value>)
 
                     let level = inner_try! {
                         v.read_string("level")
+                            .context("Failed reading header 'level'")
                             .map_err(Error::from)
                             .context(EM::TomlQueryError)?
                             .map(|s| match_log_level_str(&s))
diff --git a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
index a4cba80f..58321938 100644
--- a/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
+++ b/lib/core/libimagrt/src/runtime.rs
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ impl<'a> Runtime<'a> {
 
             let mut buf = String::new();
             lock.read_to_string(&mut buf)
+                .context("Failed to read stdin to buffer")
                 .map_err(Error::from)
                 .and_then(|_| {
                     trace!("Got IDs = {}", buf);