diff --git a/src/Attributes.cpp b/src/Attributes.cpp
index b52e5fb..4d6592f 100644
--- a/src/Attributes.cpp
+++ b/src/Attributes.cpp
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ GLint sb::Attributes::index() const
     catch (const std::bad_variant_access&)
     {
         std::ostringstream message;
-        message << "Trying to get index for " << dimensions() << "D " << size() << "b attributes, but no index has been set yet. Assign an"
-                << " index with glBindAttribLocation and copy it to Attributes::index(GLint) or look up the index automatically at bind time by"
-                << " passing the location name and linked shader program index to Attributes::bind(const std::string&, GLuint).";
+        message << "Trying to get index for " << *this << ", but no index has been set yet. Assign an index with glBindAttribLocation and"
+                << " copy it to Attributes::index(GLint) or look up the index automatically at bind time by passing the location name and"
+                << " linked shader program index to Attributes::bind(const std::string&, GLuint).";
         throw std::runtime_error(message.str());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Model.cpp b/src/Model.cpp
index b52aff0..4c31d75 100644
--- a/src/Model.cpp
+++ b/src/Model.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void sb::Model::enable() const
         catch (const std::runtime_error& error)
         {
             std::ostringstream message;
-            message << "Error enabling " << attributes.first << " attributes on model";
+            message << "Error enabling " << attributes.first << " attributes on model: " << error.what();
             throw std::runtime_error(message.str());
         }
     }