diff --git a/src/morethantext/mod.rs b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
index 1e4c13e..117b0cb 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/mod.rs
+++ b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ impl MoreThanText {
             match create_dir(data_dir).await {
                 Ok(_) => (),
                 Err(err) => {
-                    let mut error = DBError::new("failed to initialize");
+                    let mut error = DBError::new("failed to create data directory");
                     error.add_source(err);
                     return Err(error);
                 }
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ mod init {
         match MoreThanText::new("kljsdgfhslkfrh").await {
             Ok(_) => assert!(false, "This test should fail to create a data directory"),
             Err(err) => {
-                assert_eq!(err.to_string(), "failed to initialize");
+                assert_eq!(err.to_string(), "failed to create data directory");
                 assert!(err.source().is_some(), "Must include the source error.");
             }
         };