diff --git a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
index 0ce5a23bd..f1db4eb92 100644
--- a/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
+++ b/src/base/bittorrent/session.cpp
@@ -3961,11 +3961,13 @@ void Session::initResumeFolder()
     if (resumeFolderDir.exists() || resumeFolderDir.mkpath(resumeFolderDir.absolutePath())) {
         m_resumeFolderLock->setFileName(resumeFolderDir.absoluteFilePath("session.lock"));
         if (!m_resumeFolderLock->open(QFile::WriteOnly)) {
-            throw RuntimeError {tr("Cannot write to torrent resume folder.")};
+            throw RuntimeError {tr("Cannot write to torrent resume folder: \"%1\"")
+                .arg(Utils::Fs::toNativePath(m_resumeFolderPath))};
         }
     }
     else {
-        throw RuntimeError {tr("Cannot create torrent resume folder.")};
+        throw RuntimeError {tr("Cannot create torrent resume folder: \"%1\"")
+            .arg(Utils::Fs::toNativePath(m_resumeFolderPath))};
     }
 }