diff --git a/cmd/algocfg/getCommand.go b/cmd/algocfg/getCommand.go
index 402846dded..3ad9a17943 100644
--- a/cmd/algocfg/getCommand.go
+++ b/cmd/algocfg/getCommand.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ var getCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		onDataDirs(func(dataDir string) {
 			cfg, err := config.LoadConfigFromDisk(dataDir)
 			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s'", dataDir)
+				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s' - %s", dataDir, err)
 				anyError = true
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/algocfg/resetCommand.go b/cmd/algocfg/resetCommand.go
index 7e9e29a21d..6e57bb2329 100644
--- a/cmd/algocfg/resetCommand.go
+++ b/cmd/algocfg/resetCommand.go
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ var resetCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		onDataDirs(func(dataDir string) {
 			cfg, err := config.LoadConfigFromDisk(dataDir)
 			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s'", dataDir)
+				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s' - %s", dataDir, err)
 				anyError = true
 				return
 			}
diff --git a/cmd/algocfg/setCommand.go b/cmd/algocfg/setCommand.go
index 26b3ea4fe9..ac1d7c6ea7 100644
--- a/cmd/algocfg/setCommand.go
+++ b/cmd/algocfg/setCommand.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ var setCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		onDataDirs(func(dataDir string) {
 			cfg, err := config.LoadConfigFromDisk(dataDir)
 			if err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s'", dataDir)
+				reportWarnf("Error loading config file from '%s' - %s", dataDir, err)
 				anyError = true
 				return
 			}