diff --git a/lib/loglib.h b/lib/loglib.h
index d5a2edeef..2d1bd3506 100644
--- a/lib/loglib.h
+++ b/lib/loglib.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ INLINE int get_log_level(void) {
 
 
 #define die(fmt, ...) do { ilog(LOG_CRIT, "Fatal error: " fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__); exit(-1); } while (0)
-#define die_errno(msg) die("%s: %s", msg, strerror(errno))
+#define die_errno(msg, ...) die(msg ": %s", ##__VA_ARGS__, strerror(errno))
 
 
 
diff --git a/recording-daemon/main.c b/recording-daemon/main.c
index 0aadf3521..03d03f030 100644
--- a/recording-daemon/main.c
+++ b/recording-daemon/main.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static void setup(void) {
 		if (!g_file_test(output_dir, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
 			ilog(LOG_INFO, "Creating output dir '%s'", output_dir);
 			if (mkdir(output_dir, 0700))
-				die_errno("Failed to create output dir '%s'");
+				die_errno("Failed to create output dir '%s'", output_dir);
 		}
 	}
 	mysql_library_init(0, NULL, NULL);