diff --git a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
index 9df85dc..9030736 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/mediarepo-api/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "mediarepo-api"
-version = "0.4.1"
+version = "0.4.2"
 edition = "2018"
 license = "gpl-3"
 
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs
index 0e88754..8634385 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/error.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ pub enum ApiError {
     #[error(transparent)]
     IPC(#[from] rmp_ipc::error::Error),
 
-    #[error("The servers api version is incompatible with the api client")]
-    VersionMismatch,
+    #[error("The servers api version (version {server:?}) is incompatible with the api client {client:?}")]
+    VersionMismatch { server: String, client: String },
 }
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
index fb60401..650c651 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/client_api/mod.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,15 @@ impl ApiClient {
         let server_api_version = info.api_version();
 
         if !check_apis_compatible(get_api_version(), server_api_version) {
-            Err(ApiError::VersionMismatch)
+            let server_version_string = format!(
+                "{}.{}.{}",
+                server_api_version.0, server_api_version.1, server_api_version.2
+            );
+            let client_version_string = env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION").to_string();
+            Err(ApiError::VersionMismatch {
+                server: server_version_string,
+                client: client_version_string,
+            })
         } else {
             Ok(client)
         }
diff --git a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/error.rs b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/error.rs
index 705dca3..5547863 100644
--- a/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/error.rs
+++ b/mediarepo-api/src/tauri_plugin/error.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ impl From<ApiError> for PluginError {
                     format!("{:?}", e)
                 }
             },
-            ApiError::VersionMismatch => {String::from("The servers API version is not supported by the client. Please make sure both are up to date.")}
+            ApiError::VersionMismatch { server, client } => {
+                format!("The servers API version ({}) is not supported by the client ({}). Please make sure both are up to date.", server, client)
+            }
         };
         Self { message }
     }