diff --git a/libstraight.nix b/libstraight.nix
index b7ed87b..c225952 100644
--- a/libstraight.nix
+++ b/libstraight.nix
@@ -74,12 +74,13 @@ let
 
       mkdir -p $out
       ${(install "${straightDir}/repos" packages)}
-      emacs -q      \
+      emacs -q \
             --batch \
             --directory=${epkgs.straight}/share/emacs/site-lisp \
             --load=${./setup.el} \
             ${concatMapStringsSep "\n" (f: "--load=${f}") emacsLoadFiles} \
-            --eval="(nix-straight-build-packages \"${emacsInitFile}\")" ${escapeShellArgs emacsArgs}
+            --eval="(nix-straight-build-packages \"${emacsInitFile}\")" ${escapeShellArgs emacsArgs} \
+            || (cat $out/logs/cli.doom.*.error 1>&2 && false) # print a proper stacktrace if things fail
 
       runHook postInstall
     '';
diff --git a/straight/default.nix b/straight/default.nix
index a57389f..1cb58d3 100644
--- a/straight/default.nix
+++ b/straight/default.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ trivialBuild rec {
   src = fetchFromGitHub {
     owner = "raxod502";
     repo = "straight.el";
-    rev = "4517e118ee43f849f708025dbb2cf4f281793121";
-    sha256 = "sha256-KIOdXoujXZkhWUR+Sql9FOCccnwGCUMAS0zlAQR8sEU=";
+    rev = "e20a44c4ac5c04896aecd43a5fdd12c67527c69e";
+    sha256 = "sha256-kNBdlEfG+RAE+iA8OKOhqmPiZEjjV24r6ziE9Y5ZdVg=";
   };
 }