diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ca0c070a..34a36562 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -263,22 +263,23 @@ init_lua:
     "  core.init()\n"
     "  core.run()\n"
     "end, function(err)\n"
-    "  local error_dir\n"
+    "  local error_path = 'error.txt'\n"
     "  io.stdout:write('Error: '..tostring(err)..'\\n')\n"
     "  io.stdout:write(debug.traceback(nil, 2)..'\\n')\n"
     "  if core and core.on_error then\n"
-    "    error_dir=USERDIR\n"
+    "    error_path = USERDIR .. PATHSEP .. error_path\n"
     "    pcall(core.on_error, err)\n"
     "  else\n"
-    "    error_dir=system.absolute_path('.')\n"
-    "    local fp = io.open('error.txt', 'wb')\n"
+    "    local fp = io.open(error_path, 'wb')\n"
     "    fp:write('Error: ' .. tostring(err) .. '\\n')\n"
-    "    fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 4)..'\\n')\n"
+    "    fp:write(debug.traceback(nil, 2)..'\\n')\n"
     "    fp:close()\n"
+    "    error_path = system.absolute_path(error_path)\n"
     "  end\n"
     "  system.show_fatal_error('Lite XL internal error',\n"
     "    'An internal error occurred in a critical part of the application.\\n\\n'..\n"
-    "    'Please verify the file \\\"error.txt\\\" in the directory '..error_dir)\n"
+    "    'Error: '..tostring(err)..'\\n\\n'..\n"
+    "    'Details can be found in \\\"'..error_path..'\\\"')\n"
     "  os.exit(1)\n"
     "end)\n"
     "return core and core.restart_request\n";