diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d7d6b1e..b292f01 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ to see Haggis implemented in other languages.
 - [x] Override user/group when creating archives
 - [x] Override user/group when extracting archives
 - [x] Automatically detect zstd compressed archives
-- [ ] Add path to error message when passing between threads
+- [x] Add path to error message when passing between threads
 - [x] Add ability to write archives to stdout
 - [ ] Add ability to read archives from stdin
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 8132dba..d9b2236 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ pub enum Error {
     Other(String),
 }
 
+impl Clone for Error {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        match self {
+            Self::Io(e) => Self::Io(io::Error::other(format!("{e}"))),
+            _ => self.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4e9fdf8..d8dab3d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ pub use {
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 pub use stream::Message as StreamMessage;
 
+/// The *magic* number for a Haggis archive
 pub static MAGIC: [u8; 7] = [0x89, b'h', b'a', b'g', b'g', b'i', b's'];
 
 static ZSTD_MAGIC: [u8; 4] = [0x28, 0xb5, 0x2f, 0xfd];
@@ -121,9 +122,25 @@ pub fn stream_archive<W: Write>(
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Message {
-    NodeCreated(String),
-    NodeSaved { name: String, size: u64 },
-    Err(Error),
+    /// A `Node` has successfully been created from this path
+    NodeCreated(
+        /// The path of the created `Node`
+        String,
+    ),
+    /// The `Node` has successfully been written into the writer
+    NodeSaved {
+        /// The path of the saved `Node`
+        name: String,
+        /// The size in bytes of the created `Node`
+        size: u64,
+    },
+    /// An error occurred creating or writing out the node
+    Err {
+        /// The pathname of the node
+        name: String,
+        /// The error which occurred
+        error: Error,
+    },
     Eof,
 }
 
@@ -157,9 +174,9 @@ pub fn par_create_archive_stdout(
     uid: Option<u32>,
     gid: Option<u32>,
 ) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let stdout = io::stdout().lock();
+    let stdout = io::stdout();
     let writer = BufWriter::new(stdout);
-    par_stream_archive(writer, files, algorithm, uid, gid)?;
+    par_stream_archive(writer, files, algorithm, sender, uid, gid)?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
@@ -184,8 +201,12 @@ pub fn par_stream_archive<W: Write + Send>(
     files.par_iter().try_for_each_with(s, |s, f| {
         let mut node = match Node::from_path(f, algorithm, &links) {
             Ok(n) => n,
-            Err(e) => {
-                s.send(Message::Err(e)).map_err(|_| Error::SenderError)?;
+            Err(error) => {
+                s.send(Message::Err {
+                    name: f.to_string(),
+                    error,
+                })
+                .map_err(|_| Error::SenderError)?;
                 return Ok(());
             }
         };
@@ -197,8 +218,12 @@ pub fn par_stream_archive<W: Write + Send>(
         }
         if let Ok(mut writer) = writer.lock() {
             let mut writer = &mut *writer;
-            if let Err(e) = node.write(&mut writer) {
-                s.send(Message::Err(e)).map_err(|_| Error::SenderError)?;
+            if let Err(error) = node.write(&mut writer) {
+                s.send(Message::Err {
+                    name: node.name.clone(),
+                    error,
+                })
+                .map_err(|_| Error::SenderError)?;
             }
             match node.filetype {
                 FileType::Normal(n) => s
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index a88a3f1..35eb9c5 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -41,11 +41,38 @@ impl<R: Read + Send> Iterator for Stream<R> {
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Message {
-    FileExtracted { name: String, size: u64 },
-    LinkCreated { name: String, target: String },
-    DirectoryCreated { name: String },
-    DeviceCreated { name: String },
-    Err(Error),
+    /// A File node has been successfully extracted
+    FileExtracted {
+        /// The path of the extracted `Node`
+        name: String,
+        /// The size in bytes of the created file
+        size: u64,
+    },
+    /// A link has been created from a `Node`
+    LinkCreated {
+        /// The path of the link
+        name: String,
+        /// The path to this link's target
+        target: String,
+    },
+    /// A directory has been created from this `Node`
+    DirectoryCreated {
+        /// The directory's path
+        name: String,
+    },
+    /// A device file has been created from this `Node`
+    DeviceCreated {
+        /// The path of the device file
+        name: String,
+    },
+    /// An error occurred while extracting this `Node`
+    Err {
+        /// The pathame of the `Node` being extracted
+        name: String,
+        /// The error which occurred
+        error: Error,
+    },
+    /// The reader has reached the end of the archive
     Eof,
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +117,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Send> Stream<R> {
         f: F,
     ) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(Node,  Option<u32>, Option<u32>) + Copy,
+        F: FnOnce(Node, Option<u32>, Option<u32>) + Copy,
     {
         for node in self {
             let node = node?;
@@ -114,7 +141,14 @@ impl<R: Read + Send> Stream<R> {
         let s = sender.clone();
         self.into_iter().par_bridge().try_for_each_with(s, |s, n| {
             let n = n?;
-            n.extract(prefix, uid, gid)?;
+            if let Err(error) = n.extract(prefix, uid, gid) {
+                s.send(Message::Err {
+                    name: n.name.clone(),
+                    error: error.clone(),
+                })
+                .map_err(|_| Error::SenderError)?;
+                return Err(error);
+            }
             match n.filetype {
                 FileType::Normal(f) => {
                     s.send(Message::FileExtracted {
@@ -166,7 +200,7 @@ impl<R: Read + Send> Stream<R> {
         f: F,
     ) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
-        F: FnOnce(Node,  Option<u32>, Option<u32>) + Copy + Send + Sync,
+        F: FnOnce(Node, Option<u32>, Option<u32>) + Copy + Send + Sync,
     {
         let s = sender.clone();
         self.into_iter().par_bridge().try_for_each_with(s, |s, n| {