diff --git a/environment/vm/lima/config.go b/environment/vm/lima/config.go
index c7c05585..a070eeac 100644
--- a/environment/vm/lima/config.go
+++ b/environment/vm/lima/config.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package lima
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -9,9 +10,13 @@ import (
 const configFile = "/etc/colima/colima.json"
 
 func (l limaVM) getConf() map[string]string {
+	log := l.Logger(context.Background())
+
 	obj := map[string]string{}
 	b, err := l.Read(configFile)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Tracef("failed to read config file %w", err)
+
 		return obj
 	}
 
diff --git a/environment/vm/lima/file.go b/environment/vm/lima/file.go
index ded77323..5ee0f1a5 100644
--- a/environment/vm/lima/file.go
+++ b/environment/vm/lima/file.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 func (l limaVM) Read(fileName string) (string, error) {
 	s, err := l.RunOutput("sudo", "cat", fileName)
 	if err != nil {
-		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot read file: %s", fileName)
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("cannot read file '%s': %w", fileName, err)
 	}
 	return s, err
 }
@@ -45,16 +45,15 @@ type fileInfo struct {
 }
 
 func newFileInfo(guest environment.GuestActions, filename string) (fileInfo, error) {
-	statErr := fmt.Errorf("cannot stat file: %s", filename)
 	info := fileInfo{}
 	// "%s,%a,%Y,%F" -> size, permission, modified time, type
 	stat, err := guest.RunOutput("sudo", "stat", "-c", "%s,%a,%Y,%F", filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		return info, statErr
+		return info, statError(filename, err)
 	}
 	stats := strings.Split(stat, ",")
 	if len(stats) < 4 {
-		return info, statErr
+		return info, statError(filename, err)
 	}
 	info.name = filename
 	info.size, _ = strconv.ParseInt(stats[0], 10, 64)
@@ -71,6 +70,10 @@ func newFileInfo(guest environment.GuestActions, filename string) (fileInfo, err
 	return info, nil
 }
 
+func statError(filename string, err error) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot stat file '%s': %w", filename, err)
+}
+
 // IsDir implements fs.FileInfo
 func (f fileInfo) IsDir() bool { return f.isDir }