diff --git a/src/main/java/net/moonlightflower/wc3libs/bin/GameExe.java b/src/main/java/net/moonlightflower/wc3libs/bin/GameExe.java
index 6a6ab65..1acf1c8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/moonlightflower/wc3libs/bin/GameExe.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/moonlightflower/wc3libs/bin/GameExe.java
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 import net.moonlightflower.wc3libs.port.GameVersion;
 
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
@@ -15,13 +19,18 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 public class GameExe {
+    private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GameExe.class.getName());
+
     @Nonnull
     public static String getVersionString(@Nonnull File file) throws IOException {
         try {
             String s = file.getAbsolutePath();
+            log.info("Querying {} with dorkbox PE", s);
 
             return PE.getVersion(s);
         } catch (Exception e) {
+            log.info("Falling back to WMIC due to {}", e);
+
             File tmpBat = File.createTempFile("getVersionString", "tmp_proxy.bat");
 
             tmpBat.deleteOnExit();
@@ -65,7 +74,12 @@ public static String getVersionString(@Nonnull File file) throws IOException {
             if (versionString.isEmpty()) versionString = null;
 
             if (versionString == null) {
-                throw new IOException(e.getMessage() + "; " + sb.toString());
+                throw new IOException(
+                    "Version string "
+                    + sb.toString()
+                    + " from file produced by WMIC wasn't readable. "
+                    + "This is the second failed attempt after dorkbox PE failed with exception.",
+                    e);
             }
 
             return versionString;