diff --git a/src/archive/parse.rs b/src/archive/parse.rs
index 2976aaa5..2e3ca660 100644
--- a/src/archive/parse.rs
+++ b/src/archive/parse.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use super::error::{ArchiveParsingError, ArchivePathParsingError};
-use crate::{logging, plugin::has_ascii_extension};
+use crate::{
+    logging::{self, format_details},
+    plugin::has_ascii_extension,
+};
 
 use super::{ba2, bsa};
 
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ pub fn assets_in_archives(archive_paths: &[PathBuf]) -> BTreeMap<u64, BTreeSet<u
                 logging::error!(
                     "Encountered an error while trying to read the Bethesda archive at \"{}\": {}",
                     archive_path.display(),
-                    e
+                    format_details(&e)
                 );
                 continue;
             }
diff --git a/src/game.rs b/src/game.rs
index a962e7bd..41492bcb 100644
--- a/src/game.rs
+++ b/src/game.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use crate::{
         DatabaseLockPoisonError, GameHandleCreationError, LoadOrderError, LoadOrderStateError,
         LoadPluginsError, SortPluginsError,
     },
-    logging,
+    logging::{self, format_details},
     metadata::{
         Filename,
         plugin_metadata::{GHOST_FILE_EXTENSION, iends_with_ascii},
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ fn try_load_plugin(
             logging::error!(
                 "Caught error while trying to load \"{}\": {}",
                 plugin_path.display(),
-                e
+                format_details(&e)
             );
             None
         }
diff --git a/src/logging.rs b/src/logging.rs
index 82be3f04..87776fb7 100644
--- a/src/logging.rs
+++ b/src/logging.rs
@@ -95,6 +95,16 @@ macro_rules! trace {
 
 pub(crate) use {debug, error, info, log, trace, warning as warn};
 
+pub(crate) fn format_details<E: std::error::Error>(error: &E) -> String {
+    let mut details = error.to_string(); // The display string.
+    if let Some(source) = error.source() {
+        details += ": ";
+        details += &format_details(&source)
+    }
+
+    details
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;