diff --git a/src/context/directory/index.ts b/src/context/directory/index.ts
index bc5d211c7..94b1e5147 100644
--- a/src/context/directory/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/directory/index.ts
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default class DirectoryContext {
             await handler.dump(this);
           } catch (err) {
             log.debug(err.stack);
-            throw new Error(`Problem exporting ${name}`);
+            throw new Error(`Problem exporting ${name}`, { cause: err });
           }
         })
     );
diff --git a/src/context/yaml/index.ts b/src/context/yaml/index.ts
index 5a965cd9f..68a9d324a 100644
--- a/src/context/yaml/index.ts
+++ b/src/context/yaml/index.ts
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export default class YAMLContext {
             }
           } catch (err) {
             log.debug(err.stack);
-            throw new Error(`Problem exporting ${name}`);
+            throw new Error(`Problem exporting ${name}`, { cause: err });
           }
         })
     );