diff --git a/src/sgfParser/__init__.py b/src/sgfParser/__init__.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
--- a/src/sgfParser/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sgfParser/__init__.py
@@ -19,10 +19,11 @@ def strRowCol(s, i):
 class ParserError(Exception):
 	def __init__(self,msg,s,i):
 		self.msg=msg
-		self.row,self.col=strRowCol(s, i)
+		self.row,self.col=strRowCol(s,i)
+		self.context=s[i:i+16]
 
 	def __str__(self):
-		return "{0} at row {1}, col {2}".format(self.msg,self.row,self.col)
+		return "{0} at row {1}, col {2}, got '{3}...' instead".format(self.msg,self.row,self.col,self.context)
 
 
 class ParserWarning(ParserError):