diff --git a/src/binding.cc b/src/binding.cc
index f2ceefc4..0dc722d9 100644
--- a/src/binding.cc
+++ b/src/binding.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ public:
   {
     HandleScope scope;
     Connection *self = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Connection>(args.This());
+    const char *lastErrorMessage;
     if(!args[0]->IsString()) {
       THROW("First parameter must be a string query");
     }
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ public:
     int result = self->Send(queryText);
     free(queryText);
     if(result == 0) {
-      THROW("PQsendQuery returned error code");
+      lastErrorMessage = self->GetLastError();                                                                                                                                                                       
+      THROW(lastErrorMessage);   
     }
     //TODO should we flush before throw?
     self->Flush();
@@ -615,6 +617,11 @@ private:
   {
     EmitError(PQerrorMessage(connection_));
   }
+ 
+  const char *GetLastError()
+  {
+    return PQerrorMessage(connection_);
+  }
 
   void StopWrite()
   {