diff --git a/conf.c b/conf.c
index ecc15f3..1613bcb 100644
--- a/conf.c
+++ b/conf.c
@@ -372,10 +372,13 @@ CNF_ReadFile(const char *filename)
 
   in = fopen(filename, "r");
   if (!in) {
-    LOG_FATAL(LOGF_Configure, "Could not open configuration file %s", filename);
+    LOG_FATAL(LOGF_Configure, "Could not open configuration file %s : %s",
+              filename, strerror(errno));
     return;
   }
 
+  DEBUG_LOG(LOGF_Configure, "Reading %s", filename);
+
   for (i = 1; fgets(line, sizeof(line), in); i++) {
     CNF_ParseLine(filename, i, line);
   }