diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 852d258..bce745e 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     NoFilename,
     ParsingIncomplete,
     ParsingError(Vec<u8>, ParsingErrorKind),
-    DecodeError,
+    DecodeError(Vec<u8>),
 }
 
 impl From<Err<nom::error::Error<&[u8]>>> for Error {
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
                 "An error was encountered while parsing the plugin content {:02X?}: {}",
                 input, kind
             ),
-            Error::DecodeError => write!(
+            Error::DecodeError(bytes) => write!(
                 f,
-                "Plugin string content could not be decoded from Windows-1252"
+                "Plugin string content could not be decoded from Windows-1252, bytes are {bytes:02X?}"
             ),
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/plugin.rs b/src/plugin.rs
index 285052e..276e318 100644
--- a/src/plugin.rs
+++ b/src/plugin.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ impl Plugin {
                 return WINDOWS_1252
                     .decode_without_bom_handling_and_without_replacement(data)
                     .map(|s| Some(s.to_string()))
-                    .ok_or(Error::DecodeError);
+                    .ok_or(Error::DecodeError(data.to_vec()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ fn masters(header_record: &Record) -> Result<Vec<String>, Error> {
             WINDOWS_1252
                 .decode_without_bom_handling_and_without_replacement(d)
                 .map(|s| s.to_string())
-                .ok_or(Error::DecodeError)
+                .ok_or(Error::DecodeError(d.to_vec()))
         })
         .collect::<Result<Vec<String>, Error>>()
 }