diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 54708ec..3d08bd2 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -174,9 +174,9 @@ checksum = "b71991ff56294aa922b450139ee08b3bfc70982c6b2c7562771375cf73542dd4"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libc"
-version = "0.2.102"
+version = "0.2.139"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a2a5ac8f984bfcf3a823267e5fde638acc3325f6496633a5da6bb6eb2171e103"
+checksum = "201de327520df007757c1f0adce6e827fe8562fbc28bfd9c15571c66ca1f5f79"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
diff --git a/src/app/api.rs b/src/app/api.rs
index 8c78aea..38ec5c6 100644
--- a/src/app/api.rs
+++ b/src/app/api.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,12 @@ impl Client {
     }
 
     async fn connect(&self) -> Result<UnixStream> {
-        Ok(UnixStream::connect(&self.socket).await?)
+        UnixStream::connect(&self.socket).await.with_context(|| {
+            format!(
+                "failed to connect to '{:?}'. is zinit listening on that socket?",
+                self.socket
+            )
+        })
     }
 
     async fn command(&self, c: &str) -> Result<Value> {