diff --git a/channeldb/channel.go b/channeldb/channel.go
index 2a0fd93c..8635e106 100644
--- a/channeldb/channel.go
+++ b/channeldb/channel.go
@@ -763,26 +763,26 @@ func fetchOpenChannel(openChanBucket *bolt.Bucket, nodeChanBucket *bolt.Bucket,
 
 	// First, read out the fields of the channel update less frequently.
 	if err = fetchChannelIDs(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read chan ID's: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanCommitKeys(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read commit key: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanCommitTxns(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read commit txns: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanFundingInfo(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read funding info: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanElkremState(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("uable to read elkrem state: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanDeliveryScripts(nodeChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read delivery scripts: %v", err)
 	}
 	channel.Htlcs, err = fetchCurrentHtlcs(nodeChanBucket, chanID)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read current htlc's: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	// With the existence of an open channel bucket with this node verified,
@@ -790,22 +790,22 @@ func fetchOpenChannel(openChanBucket *bolt.Bucket, nodeChanBucket *bolt.Bucket,
 	// fields residing in the parent bucket.
 	// TODO(roasbeef): combine the below into channel config like key
 	if err = fetchChanCapacity(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read chan capacity: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanMinFeePerKb(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read fee-per-kb: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanTheirDustLimit(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read our dust limit: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanOurDustLimit(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read their dust limit: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanNumUpdates(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read num updates: %v", err)
 	}
 	if err = fetchChanAmountsTransferred(openChanBucket, channel); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to read sat transferred: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	return channel, nil
diff --git a/channeldb/db.go b/channeldb/db.go
index 7f2acbbd..d3dc26ff 100644
--- a/channeldb/db.go
+++ b/channeldb/db.go
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ func (d *DB) FetchOpenChannels(nodeID *btcec.PublicKey) ([]*OpenChannel, error)
 		nodeChannels, err := d.fetchNodeChannels(openChanBucket,
 			nodeChanBucket)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read channel for "+
+				"node_key=%x: ", pub, err)
 		}
 
 		channels = nodeChannels
@@ -274,7 +275,8 @@ func (d *DB) fetchNodeChannels(openChanBucket,
 		oChannel, err := fetchOpenChannel(openChanBucket,
 			nodeChanBucket, chanID)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("unable to read channel data for "+
+				"chan_point=%v", chanID)
 		}
 		oChannel.Db = d
 
@@ -321,7 +323,8 @@ func (d *DB) FetchAllChannels() ([]*OpenChannel, error) {
 			nodeChannels, err := d.fetchNodeChannels(openChanBucket,
 				nodeChanBucket)
 			if err != nil {
-				return err
+				return fmt.Errorf("unable to read channel for "+
+					"node_key=%x: ", k, err)
 			}
 
 			channels = append(channels, nodeChannels...)