diff --git a/library/src/main/ets/ImageKnifeLoader.ets b/library/src/main/ets/ImageKnifeLoader.ets
index 0864b3c..14858a8 100644
--- a/library/src/main/ets/ImageKnifeLoader.ets
+++ b/library/src/main/ets/ImageKnifeLoader.ets
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export class ImageKnifeLoader {
         decodingOptions = ImageKnifeLoader.downsamplerReqSize(typeValue, request, size, ImageKnifeRequestSource.SRC)
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      return ImageKnifeLoader.makeEmptyResult("image.createImageSource failed")
+      return  return ImageKnifeLoader.makeEmptyResult(err)
     }
 
     await imageSource.createPixelMap(decodingOptions)
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export class ImageKnifeLoader {
         opts = ImageKnifeLoader.downsamplerReqSize(typeValue, request, size)
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      return ImageKnifeLoader.makeEmptyResult("image.createImageSource failed")
+       return ImageKnifeLoader.makeEmptyResult(err)
     }
     await imageSource.createPixelMap(opts)
       .then((pixelmap: PixelMap) => {