diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/PropsExtension.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/PropsExtension.kt
index 10b6b51..6988ba2 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/PropsExtension.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/PropsExtension.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ open class PropsExtension(private val project: Project) {
 
   fun read(file: File): Map<String, String?> {
     val properties = OrderedProperties().apply { file.inputStream().use { load(it.bufferedReader()) } }
-    return properties.entrySet().map { (k, v) -> k to encryptor.decrypt(v) }.toMap()
+    return properties.entrySet().associate { (k, v) -> k to encryptor.decrypt(v, k) }
   }
 
   operator fun get(name: String): String? {
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ open class PropsExtension(private val project: Project) {
       return value
     }
 
-    return encryptor.decrypt(value)
+    return encryptor.decrypt(value, name)
   }
 
   private fun isEncrypted(text: String): Boolean {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/config/Config.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/config/Config.kt
index c758076..ed0c0f5 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/config/Config.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/config/Config.kt
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ abstract class Config(val fork: ForkExtension, val name: String) {
   private fun promptPreProcess() {
     definedProperties.forEach { property ->
       if (property.type == PropertyType.PASSWORD) {
-        prompts[property.name]?.apply { value = fork.props.encryptor.decrypt(value) }
+        prompts[property.name]?.apply { value = fork.props.encryptor.decrypt(value, property.name) }
       }
     }
   }
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ abstract class Config(val fork: ForkExtension, val name: String) {
   private fun promptPostProcess() {
     definedProperties.forEach { property ->
       if (property.type == PropertyType.PASSWORD) {
-        prompts[property.name]?.apply { value = fork.props.encryptor.encrypt(value) }
+        prompts[property.name]?.apply { value = fork.props.encryptor.encrypt(value, property.name) }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/encryption/Encryption.kt b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/encryption/Encryption.kt
index d369bf7..201910f 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/encryption/Encryption.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/com/neva/gradle/fork/encryption/Encryption.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ internal class Encryption private constructor(private val ecipher: Cipher, priva
   private fun decode(string: String): ByteArray = BASE64.decode(string)
 
   @Suppress("TooGenericExceptionCaught")
-  fun encrypt(text: String?): String? {
+  fun encrypt(text: String?, context: String? = null): String? {
     if (text.isNullOrBlank()) {
       return text
     }
@@ -30,23 +30,27 @@ internal class Encryption private constructor(private val ecipher: Cipher, priva
       val enc = ecipher.doFinal(utf8)
       return "${TOKEN_START}${encode(enc)}$TOKEN_END"
     } catch (e: Exception) {
-      throw ForkException("Encryption failed", e)
+      throw ForkException("Fork property encryption failed! Context: '${context.orEmpty()}'", e)
     }
   }
 
   @Suppress("TooGenericExceptionCaught")
-  fun decrypt(text: String?): String? {
+  fun decrypt(text: String?, context: String? = null): String? {
     if (text.isNullOrBlank() || !isEncrypted(text)) {
       return text
     }
 
+    val raw = text.removeSurrounding(TOKEN_START, TOKEN_END)
     try {
-      val raw = text.removeSurrounding(TOKEN_START, TOKEN_END)
       val dec = decode(raw)
       val utf8 = dcipher.doFinal(dec)
       return String(utf8, charset(CHARSET))
     } catch (e: Exception) {
-      throw ForkException("Decryption failed", e)
+      throw ForkException(listOf(
+        "Fork property decryption failed! Context: '${context.orEmpty()}'",
+        "Most probably encrypted value got corrupted or salt/key changed in the meantime.",
+        "Consider regenerating encrypted values to fix the problem."
+      ).joinToString("\n"), e)
     }
   }
 
@@ -109,8 +113,7 @@ internal class Encryption private constructor(private val ecipher: Cipher, priva
     }
 
     internal fun of(project: Project): Encryption {
-      return of((project.findProperty("fork.encryption.passphrase")?.toString()
-        ?: "<<Default passphrase to encrypt passwords!>>").toCharArray())
+      return of((project.findProperty("fork.encryption.passphrase")?.toString() ?: "aPJdETzzmmA7liO8aHNW").toCharArray())
     }
   }
 }