diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bba781f..eea0eac 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "charred"
-version = "0.3.5"
+version = "0.3.6"
 authors = ["trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license-file = "LICENSE"
diff --git a/src/tapemachine.rs b/src/tapemachine.rs
index 4f4cf39..0868682 100644
--- a/src/tapemachine.rs
+++ b/src/tapemachine.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ impl TapeError {
     pub fn new(index: usize) -> Self {
         Self { index }
     }
+
+    /// Returns the index the error occured on
+    pub fn get_index(&self) -> usize {
+        self.index
+    }
 }
 
 impl Display for TapeError {