diff --git a/lib/sbdb/db.rb b/lib/sbdb/db.rb
index b0beb95..1b0262e 100644
--- a/lib/sbdb/db.rb
+++ b/lib/sbdb/db.rb
@@ -82,9 +82,13 @@ module SBDB
 			txn = opts[:txn]  # First is the global txn, second only for open.
 			begin
 				@db.open txn && txn.bdb_object, file, opts[:name], opts[:type], opts[:flags] || 0, opts[:mode] || 0
-			rescue Object
+			rescue Exception => exc
 				close
-				raise $!
+				exc.backtrace.unshift "Trying to open #{open[:env] && "in #{open[:env]].home} "}database #{file} #{opts[:name]}"
+				raise exc
+			rescue
+				close
+				raise Object
 			end
 		end
 
diff --git a/sbdb.gemspec b/sbdb.gemspec
index acb0125..13badf0 100644
--- a/sbdb.gemspec
+++ b/sbdb.gemspec
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Denis Knauf"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-03-29}
+  s.date = %q{2010-04-14}
   s.description = %q{Simple Ruby Berkeley DB wrapper library for bdb.}
   s.email = %q{Denis.Knauf@gmail.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [