diff --git a/src/get-env-vars.ts b/src/get-env-vars.ts
index f89f847..69953b3 100644
--- a/src/get-env-vars.ts
+++ b/src/get-env-vars.ts
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ export async function getRCFile (
         }
         throw new Error(errorText)
       }
+      if (e.name === 'ParseError') {
+        if (verbose === true) {
+            console.info(e.message);
+        }
+        throw new Error(e.message);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/parse-rc-file.ts b/src/parse-rc-file.ts
index b348532..eff5a9e 100644
--- a/src/parse-rc-file.ts
+++ b/src/parse-rc-file.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export async function getRCFileVars (
       parsedData = JSON.parse(file)
     }
   } catch (e) {
-    const parseError = new Error(`Failed to parse .rc file at path: ${absolutePath}`)
+    const parseError = new Error(`Failed to parse .rc file at path: ${absolutePath}.\n${e.message}`)
     parseError.name = 'ParseError'
     throw parseError
   }