diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/iter.rs b/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/iter.rs
index 74908c8f..3dc2047e 100644
--- a/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/iter.rs
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/iter.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use libimagstore::storeid::StoreIdIterator;
 use crate::notestoreid::*;
 use failure::Fallible as Result;
 use failure::Error;
+use failure::ResultExt;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct NoteIterator(StoreIdIterator);
@@ -40,11 +41,11 @@ impl Iterator for NoteIterator {
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
         while let Some(n) = self.0.next() {
-            match n {
+            match n.context("Error while iterating").map_err(Error::from) {
                 Ok(n) => if n.is_note_id() {
                     return Some(Ok(n));
                 },
-                Err(e) => return Some(Err(e).map_err(Error::from)),
+                Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/note.rs b/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/note.rs
index 2a55ce2b..15a0142f 100644
--- a/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/note.rs
+++ b/lib/domain/libimagnotes/src/note.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use toml_query::set::TomlValueSetExt;
 
 use failure::Fallible as Result;
 use failure::Error;
+use failure::ResultExt;
 
 pub trait Note {
     fn set_name(&mut self, n: String) -> Result<()>;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ impl Note for Entry {
     fn set_name(&mut self, n: String) -> Result<()> {
         self.get_header_mut()
             .set("note.name", Value::String(n))
+            .context(format_err!("Cannot set 'note.name' in header of {}", self.get_location()))
             .map_err(Error::from)
             .map(|_| ())
     }