diff --git a/src/compiler.js b/src/compiler.js
index c9889c8..0be3dff 100644
--- a/src/compiler.js
+++ b/src/compiler.js
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ class CompiledProtodef {
     const buffer = Buffer.allocUnsafe(length)
     tryCatch(() => this.write(packet, buffer, 0, type),
       (e) => {
-        e.message = `Write error for ${e.field} : ${e.message}`
+        let packetStr = ''
+        try { packetStr = JSON.stringify(packet) } catch (err) { try { packetStr = String(packet) } catch (err) {} }
+        e.message = `Write error for ${e.field} in ${packetStr} : ${e.message}`
         throw e
       })
     return buffer
diff --git a/src/utils.js b/src/utils.js
index ab07739..0c23bb8 100644
--- a/src/utils.js
+++ b/src/utils.js
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ function addErrorField (e, field) {
   throw e
 }
 
-function tryCatch (tryfn, catchfn) {
-  try { return tryfn() } catch (e) { catchfn(e) }
+function tryCatch(tryfn, catchfn) {
+  const oldLimit = Error.stackTraceLimit
+  Error.stackTraceLimit = Math.max(40, oldLimit)
+  try { return tryfn() } catch (e) { catchfn(e) } finally { Error.stackTraceLimit = oldLimit }
 }
 
 function tryDoc (tryfn, field) {