diff --git a/src/isolate/backends/conda.py b/src/isolate/backends/conda.py
index 8456bc6..39edfc2 100644
--- a/src/isolate/backends/conda.py
+++ b/src/isolate/backends/conda.py
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ def create(self, *, force: bool = False) -> Path:
                         )
                     except subprocess.SubprocessError as exc:
                         raise EnvironmentCreationError(
-                            "Failure during 'conda create'"
-                        ) from exc
+                            f"Failure during 'conda create': {exc}"
+                        )
 
             else:
                 # Since our agent needs Python to be installed (at very least)
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ def create(self, *, force: bool = False) -> Path:
                     )
                 except subprocess.SubprocessError as exc:
                     raise EnvironmentCreationError(
-                        "Failure during 'conda create'"
-                    ) from exc
+                        f"Failure during 'conda create': {exc}"
+                    )
 
             self.log(f"New environment cached at '{env_path}'")
             return env_path
diff --git a/src/isolate/backends/virtualenv.py b/src/isolate/backends/virtualenv.py
index cd427dd..deeae5e 100644
--- a/src/isolate/backends/virtualenv.py
+++ b/src/isolate/backends/virtualenv.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def install_requirements(self, path: Path) -> None:
                     stderr=stderr,
                 )
             except subprocess.SubprocessError as exc:
-                raise EnvironmentCreationError("Failure during 'pip install'.") from exc
+                raise EnvironmentCreationError(f"Failure during 'pip install': {exc}")
 
     def _install_python_through_pyenv(self) -> str:
         from isolate.backends.pyenv import PyenvEnvironment
@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ def create(self, *, force: bool = False) -> Path:
                 cli_run(args)
             except (RuntimeError, OSError) as exc:
                 raise EnvironmentCreationError(
-                    f"Failed to create the environment at '{venv_path}'"
-                ) from exc
+                    f"Failed to create the environment at '{venv_path}': {exc}"
+                )
 
             self.install_requirements(venv_path)
 
diff --git a/src/isolate/server/server.py b/src/isolate/server/server.py
index 8e6441d..4782d9f 100644
--- a/src/isolate/server/server.py
+++ b/src/isolate/server/server.py
@@ -173,11 +173,8 @@ def Run(
                     # the future is completed, the timeout here should be redundant
                     # but it is just in case.
                     environment_paths.append(future.result(timeout=0.1))
-                except EnvironmentCreationError:
-                    return self.abort_with_msg(
-                        f"A problem occurred while creating the environment.",
-                        context,
-                    )
+                except EnvironmentCreationError as e:
+                    return self.abort_with_msg(f"{e}", context)
 
             primary_path, *inheritance_paths = environment_paths
             inheritance_paths.extend(extra_inheritance_paths)
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index 684bef9..021df63 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ def test_server_builder_error(stub: definitions.IsolateStub, monkeypatch: Any) -
     with pytest.raises(grpc.RpcError) as exc:
         run_request(stub, request, build_logs=build_logs)
 
-    assert exc.match("A problem occurred while creating the environment")
+    assert "Failure during 'pip install': Command" in exc.value.details()
 
     raw_logs = [log.message for log in build_logs]
     assert "ERROR: Invalid requirement: '$$$$'" in raw_logs
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ def test_agent_show_logs_from_agent_requirements(
     with pytest.raises(grpc.RpcError) as exc:
         run_request(stub, request, build_logs=build_logs)
 
-    assert exc.match("A problem occurred while creating the environment")
+    assert "Failure during 'pip install': Command" in exc.value.details()
 
     raw_logs = [log.message for log in build_logs]
     assert "ERROR: Invalid requirement: '$$$$'" in raw_logs