diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/db.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/db.js
index 7a515e962..52c316284 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/db.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/db.js
@@ -203,7 +203,8 @@ Scholar.DB = new function(){
 								var type = 'null';
 							}
 							else {
-								throw('Invalid bound parameter ' + params[i]);
+								throw('Invalid bound parameter ' + params[i] +
+									' in ' + Scholar.varDump(params));
 							}
 					}
 					var value = params[i];
diff --git a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/notifier.js b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/notifier.js
index a982a4bbf..67cebb8bd 100644
--- a/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/notifier.js
+++ b/chrome/chromeFiles/content/scholar/xpcom/notifier.js
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Scholar.Notifier = new function(){
 				var treeType = 'columnTree';
 				break;
 			default:
-				throw('Invalid type in Notifier.trigger()');
+				throw('Invalid type ' + type + ' in Notifier.trigger()');
 		}
 		
 		Scholar.debug("Notifier.trigger('" + event + "', '" + type + "', "