diff --git a/github-fast-env/github-fast-env.rb b/github-fast-env/github-fast-env.rb
index 72f83ff..541ead4 100644
--- a/github-fast-env/github-fast-env.rb
+++ b/github-fast-env/github-fast-env.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ end
 begin
 	$control_socket = UNIXSocket.new(control_socket_path)
 rescue StandardError => error
-	log "error", "could not connect to github-fast-envd socket"
+	log "error", "could not connect to github-fast-envd socket (insufficient permissions or github-fast-envd not running)"
 	exit 1
 end