diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
index e9786a7bce..4cac488b76 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitLogCommand.java
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ public class GitLogCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements LogCommand
     }
     catch (IOException ex)
     {
-      logger.error("could not open repository", ex);
+      logger.error("could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
     }
     catch (NullPointerException e)
     {
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModificationsCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModificationsCommand.java
index f972172d22..2470475055 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModificationsCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-git-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/GitModificationsCommand.java
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@ public class GitModificationsCommand extends AbstractGitCommand implements Modif
         return new Modifications(baseRevision, revision, createModifications(treeWalk, commit));
       }
     } catch (IOException ex) {
-      log.error("could not open repository", ex);
-      throw new InternalRepositoryException(entity(repository), "could not open repository", ex);
+      log.error("could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
+      throw new InternalRepositoryException(entity(repository), "could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
     } finally {
       GitUtil.release(revWalk);
     }
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnBrowseCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnBrowseCommand.java
index dd3ad615d0..c5abd790dd 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnBrowseCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnBrowseCommand.java
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ public class SvnBrowseCommand extends AbstractSvnCommand
       if (FS_NO_SUCH_REVISION.equals(ex.getErrorMessage().getErrorCode())) {
         throw notFound(entity("Revision", Long.toString(revisionNumber)).in(this.repository));
       }
-      logger.error("could not open repository", ex);
+      logger.error("could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
     }
 
     return result;
diff --git a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnChangesetsCommand.java b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnChangesetsCommand.java
index a27235bf5c..4d6d9a0566 100644
--- a/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnChangesetsCommand.java
+++ b/scm-plugins/scm-svn-plugin/src/main/java/sonia/scm/repository/spi/SvnChangesetsCommand.java
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public class SvnChangesetsCommand extends AbstractSvnCommand implements Changese
       repo.log(null, startRev, endRev, true, true, new ChangesetCollector(changesets));
       return changesets;
     } catch (SVNException ex) {
-      throw new InternalRepositoryException(repository, "could not open repository", ex);
+      throw new InternalRepositoryException(repository, "could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
     }
   }
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public class SvnChangesetsCommand extends AbstractSvnCommand implements Changese
       }
       return Optional.empty();
     } catch (SVNException ex) {
-      throw new InternalRepositoryException(repository, "could not open repository", ex);
+      throw new InternalRepositoryException(repository, "could not open repository: " + repository.getNamespaceAndName(), ex);
     }
   }
 }