diff --git a/lib/api_cache.rb b/lib/api_cache.rb
index 31da3ba..c00b5a7 100644
--- a/lib/api_cache.rb
+++ b/lib/api_cache.rb
@@ -51,13 +51,14 @@ def self.get(key, options = {}, &block)
         value = api.get(key, options[:timeout], &block)
         cache.set(key, value)
         value
-      rescue APICache::CannotFetch
-        APICache.logger.log "Failed to fetch new data from API"
+      rescue APICache::CannotFetch => e
+        APICache.logger.log "Failed to fetch new data from API because " \
+          "#{e.class}: #{e.message}"
         if cache_state == :refetch
           cache.get(key)
         else
           APICache.logger.log "Data not available in the cache or from API"
-          raise APICache::NotAvailableError
+          raise APICache::NotAvailableError, e.message
         end
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/api_cache/api.rb b/lib/api_cache/api.rb
index 13b10e9..78903e3 100644
--- a/lib/api_cache/api.rb
+++ b/lib/api_cache/api.rb
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ def get(key, timeout, &block)
         get_via_http(key, timeout)
       end
     end
-  rescue Timeout::Error, APICache::Invalid
-    raise APICache::CannotFetch
+  rescue Timeout::Error, APICache::Invalid => e
+    raise APICache::CannotFetch, e.message
   end
   
 private
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def get_via_http(key, timeout)
       # 2xx response code
       response.body
     else
-      raise APICache::Invalid
+      raise APICache::Invalid, "Invalid http response: #{response.code}"
     end
   end
 end