diff --git a/driver-jms/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/jms/util/PulsarConfig.java b/driver-jms/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/jms/util/PulsarConfig.java
index 1d5cc6d5b..ffb6dd09e 100644
--- a/driver-jms/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/jms/util/PulsarConfig.java
+++ b/driver-jms/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/jms/util/PulsarConfig.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class PulsarConfig {
             logger.error("Can't read the specified config properties file: " + fileName);
             ioe.printStackTrace();
         } catch (ConfigurationException cex) {
-            logger.error("Error loading configuration items from the specified config properties file: " + fileName);
+            logger.error("Error loading configuration items from the specified config properties file: " + fileName + ":" + cex.getMessage());
             cex.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/PulsarAdminNamespaceOp.java b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/PulsarAdminNamespaceOp.java
index e2ebdc662..5200126a4 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/PulsarAdminNamespaceOp.java
+++ b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/ops/PulsarAdminNamespaceOp.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class PulsarAdminNamespaceOp extends PulsarAdminOp {
                     future.whenComplete((unused, throwable) ->
                         logger.trace("Successfully created namespace \"" + fullNsName + "\" asynchronously!"))
                     .exceptionally(ex -> {
-                        logger.error("Failed to create namespace \"" + fullNsName + "\" asynchronously!");
+                        logger.error("Failed to create namespace \"" + fullNsName + "\" asynchronously!:" + ex.getMessage());
                         return null;
                     });
                 }
diff --git a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
index d47a856f6..a70bb481c 100644
--- a/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
+++ b/driver-pulsar/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/driver/pulsar/util/PulsarActivityUtil.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package io.nosqlbench.driver.pulsar.util;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import java.util.*;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
@@ -13,6 +12,7 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ public class PulsarActivityUtil {
                     Path filePath = Paths.get(URI.create(schemaDefinitionStr));
                     schemaDefinitionStr = Files.readString(filePath, StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
                 } catch (IOException ioe) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Error reading the specified \"Avro\" schema definition file: " + definitionStr);
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Error reading the specified \"Avro\" schema definition file: " + definitionStr + ": " + ioe.getMessage());
                 }
             }