diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 95ab623..f8a21aa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ gstreamer = "0.16.2"
 gstreamer-app = "0.16.0"
 gstreamer-video = "0.16.0"
 log = "0.4"
+thiserror = "1"
diff --git a/src/file.rs b/src/file.rs
index 4fe0833..0251e90 100644
--- a/src/file.rs
+++ b/src/file.rs
@@ -38,13 +38,8 @@ impl IntoIterator for FileSource {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum CaptureError {
-    IoError(io::Error),
-}
-
-impl From<io::Error> for CaptureError {
-    fn from(err: io::Error) -> Self {
-        CaptureError::IoError(err)
-    }
+    #[error("IO error: {0}")]
+    IoError(#[from] io::Error),
 }
diff --git a/src/video_stream.rs b/src/video_stream.rs
index 9016448..11d17cc 100644
--- a/src/video_stream.rs
+++ b/src/video_stream.rs
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ pub struct GstErrorMessage {
     pub source: glib::Error,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 pub enum StreamError {
+    #[error("GST error: {0:?}")]
     GstError(GstErrorMessage),
+    #[error("frame capture error")]
     FrameCaptureError,
 }