diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
index fea0abbd..3c006350 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/lib.rs
@@ -671,7 +671,10 @@ impl Nac3 {
                     &mut composer.unifier,
                     &self.primitive,
                 );
-                return Err(CompileError::new_err(msg.unwrap_or(e)));
+                return Err(CompileError::new_err(format!(
+                    "compilation failed\n----------\n{}",
+                    msg.unwrap_or(e)
+                )));
             }
         }
         let top_level = Arc::new(composer.make_top_level_context());
diff --git a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
index ff4e715b..434a724f 100644
--- a/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
+++ b/nac3artiq/src/symbol_resolver.rs
@@ -670,7 +670,10 @@ impl InnerResolver {
                         if let TypeEnum::TFunc(..) = &*unifier.get_ty(field.1.0) {
                             continue;
                         } else {
-                            let field_data = obj.getattr(&name)?;
+                            let field_data = match obj.getattr(&name) {
+                                Ok(d) => d,
+                                Err(e) => return Ok(Err(format!("{}", e))),
+                            };
                             let ty = match self
                                 .get_obj_type(py, field_data, unifier, defs, primitives)?
                             {