diff --git a/src/ebuild/repo/mod.rs b/src/ebuild/repo/mod.rs
index 53ad6f7..f484e87 100644
--- a/src/ebuild/repo/mod.rs
+++ b/src/ebuild/repo/mod.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ use crate::{
 #[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[error("io error: {0}")]
-    Io(#[from] io::Error),
+    Io(PathBuf, io::Error),
+    #[error("error while reading directory: {0:?}: {1}")]
+    ReadDir(PathBuf, io::Error),
     #[error("failed to decode path: {0}")]
     Unicode(PathBuf),
     #[error("parser error: {0}")]
@@ -38,10 +40,10 @@ pub struct Category {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Categories(fs::ReadDir);
+pub struct Categories(PathBuf, fs::ReadDir);
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct Ebuilds(fs::ReadDir);
+pub struct Ebuilds(PathBuf, fs::ReadDir);
 
 impl Repo {
     pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(path: P) -> Self {
@@ -51,15 +53,21 @@ impl Repo {
     }
 
     pub fn categories(&self) -> Result<Categories, Error> {
-        Ok(Categories(fs::read_dir(
-            self.path.as_path().join("metadata/md5-cache"),
-        )?))
+        let path = self.path.as_path().join("metadata/md5-cache");
+
+        Ok(Categories(
+            path.clone(),
+            fs::read_dir(&path).map_err(|e| Error::Io(path, e))?,
+        ))
     }
 }
 
 impl Category {
     pub fn ebuilds(&self) -> Result<Ebuilds, Error> {
-        Ok(Ebuilds(fs::read_dir(self.path.as_path())?))
+        Ok(Ebuilds(
+            self.path.clone(),
+            fs::read_dir(&self.path).map_err(|e| Error::Io(self.path.clone(), e))?,
+        ))
     }
 }
 
@@ -67,12 +75,12 @@ impl Iterator for Categories {
     type Item = Result<Category, Error>;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        match self.0.next()? {
+        match self.1.next()? {
             Ok(entry) => match read_category(entry.path()) {
                 Ok(category) => Some(Ok(category)),
                 Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
             },
-            Err(e) => Some(Err(Error::Io(e))),
+            Err(e) => Some(Err(Error::ReadDir(self.0.clone(), e))),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -81,7 +89,7 @@ impl Iterator for Ebuilds {
     type Item = Result<Ebuild, Error>;
 
     fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
-        match self.0.next()? {
+        match self.1.next()? {
             Ok(entry) => match read_ebuild(entry.path()) {
                 Ok(ebuild) => Some(Ok(ebuild)),
                 Err(e) => Some(Err(e)),
@@ -119,7 +127,7 @@ fn read_ebuild(path: PathBuf) -> Result<Ebuild, Error> {
         .parse_finished(InputIter::new(file_name))
         .map_err(|_| Error::Parser(file_name.to_string()))?;
 
-    let metadata = fs::read_to_string(path.as_path())?;
+    let metadata = fs::read_to_string(path.as_path()).map_err(|e| Error::Io(path, e))?;
 
     Ok(Ebuild {
         name,