diff --git a/mxq_reaper.c b/mxq_reaper.c
index f843980..19a878d 100644
--- a/mxq_reaper.c
+++ b/mxq_reaper.c
@@ -8,11 +8,17 @@
 #include <sys/wait.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 
 static const char REAPER_PNAME[] = "mxqd reaper";
 
-__attribute__((noreturn)) static void die(char *msg)  {
-    perror(msg);
+__attribute__ ((noreturn))
+__attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)))
+static void die(const char *restrict fmt, ...) {
+    va_list ap;
+    va_start(ap, fmt);
+    vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+    va_end(ap);
     _exit(1);
 }
 
@@ -36,18 +42,18 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     struct timeval endtime;
 
     if (prctl(PR_SET_NAME, REAPER_PNAME, NULL, NULL, NULL) == -1)
-        die("PR_SET_NAME");
+        die("PR_SET_NAME: %m\n");
     user_pid = fork();
     if (user_pid == 0) {
         if (setreuid(uid, uid) == -1)
-            die("setreuid");
+            die("setreuid: %m\n");
         execvp(user_argv[0], user_argv);
-        die(user_argv[0]);
+        die("%s: %m\n", user_argv[0]);
     }
     if (user_pid == -1)
-        die("fork");
+        die("fork: %m\n");
     if (gettimeofday(&starttime, NULL) == -1)
-        die("gettimeofday");
+        die("gettimeofday: %m\n");
     while (1) {
         int status;
         pid_t pid = wait(&status);
@@ -57,10 +63,10 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
             user_status = status;
     }
     if (gettimeofday(&endtime, NULL) == -1)
-        die("gettimeofday");
+        die("gettimeofday: %m\n");
     timersub(&endtime, &starttime, &user_time);
     if (getrusage(RUSAGE_CHILDREN, &user_rusage) == -1)
-        die("getrusage");
+        die("getrusage: %m\n");
 
    if (user_time.tv_sec<30) {
         int wait=30-user_time.tv_sec;
@@ -69,11 +75,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
     char *tmpfilename;
     if (asprintf(&tmpfilename, "%s.tmp", spoolfilename) == -1)
-        die("");
-    
+        die("%m\n");
+
     FILE *out = fopen(tmpfilename,"w");
     if (out == NULL)
-        die(tmpfilename);
+        die("%s: %m\n", tmpfilename);
     fprintf(out,"1 %d %d %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld %ld\n",
         getpid(),
         user_status,
@@ -99,6 +105,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     fsync(fileno(out));
     fclose(out);
     if (rename(tmpfilename, spoolfilename) == -1)
-        die(spoolfilename);
+        die("%s: %m\n", spoolfilename);
     return 0;
 }