diff --git a/src/messages.rs b/src/messages.rs
index 45a827c..8e49653 100644
--- a/src/messages.rs
+++ b/src/messages.rs
@@ -136,9 +136,10 @@ pub async fn startup(stream: &mut TcpStream, user: &str, database: &str) -> Resu
 
     match stream.write_all(&startup).await {
         Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(_) => {
+        Err(err) => {
             return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
-                "Error writing startup to server socket"
+                "Error writing startup to server socket - Error: {:?}",
+                err
             )))
         }
     }
@@ -454,7 +455,12 @@ where
 {
     match stream.write_all(&buf).await {
         Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(_) => return Err(Error::SocketError(format!("Error writing to socket"))),
+        Err(err) => {
+            return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
+                "Error writing to socket - Error: {:?}",
+                err
+            )))
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -465,7 +471,12 @@ where
 {
     match stream.write_all(buf).await {
         Ok(_) => Ok(()),
-        Err(_) => return Err(Error::SocketError(format!("Error writing to socket"))),
+        Err(err) => {
+            return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
+                "Error writing to socket - Error: {:?}",
+                err
+            )))
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -476,19 +487,20 @@ where
 {
     let code = match stream.read_u8().await {
         Ok(code) => code,
-        Err(_) => {
+        Err(err) => {
             return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
-                "Error reading message code from socket"
+                "Error reading message code from socket - Error {:?}",
+                err
             )))
         }
     };
 
     let len = match stream.read_i32().await {
         Ok(len) => len,
-        Err(_) => {
+        Err(err) => {
             return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
-                "Error reading message len from socket, code: {:?}",
-                code
+                "Error reading message len from socket - Code: {:?}, Error: {:?}",
+                code, err
             )))
         }
     };
@@ -509,10 +521,10 @@ where
         .await
     {
         Ok(_) => (),
-        Err(_) => {
+        Err(err) => {
             return Err(Error::SocketError(format!(
-                "Error reading message from socket, code: {:?}",
-                code
+                "Error reading message from socket - Code: {:?}, Error: {:?}",
+                code, err
             )))
         }
     };
diff --git a/tests/ruby/load_balancing_spec.rb b/tests/ruby/load_balancing_spec.rb
index 8be066d..fccf0a8 100644
--- a/tests/ruby/load_balancing_spec.rb
+++ b/tests/ruby/load_balancing_spec.rb
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ describe "Least Outstanding Queries Load Balancing" do
       threads = Array.new(slow_query_count) do
         Thread.new do
           conn = PG.connect(processes.pgcat.connection_string("sharded_db", "sharding_user"))
-          conn.async_exec("SELECT pg_sleep(1)")
+          conn.async_exec("BEGIN")
         end
       end