diff --git a/src/codec_impl.rs b/src/codec_impl.rs
index 5dbc745..cf4254c 100644
--- a/src/codec_impl.rs
+++ b/src/codec_impl.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ macro_rules! impl_codec_for {
         impl codec::Decode for $type {
             fn decode<I: codec::Input>(value: &mut I) -> std::result::Result<Self, codec::Error> {
                 let decoded: Vec<u8> = codec::Decode::decode(value)?;
-                bincode::deserialize(decoded.as_slice()).map_err(|_| codec::Error)
+                bincode::deserialize(decoded.as_slice()).map_err(|_| {
+                    codec::Error::from("parity-scale-codec decode error in threshold_crypto")
+                })
             }
         }
     };