diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3bf571e..d15c4c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## 0.7.1
+
+Fix a minor parsing bug
+
 ## 0.7.0
 
 Support reading version data from `Cargo.toml`
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 17b6a1c..39dd38c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "cargo_toml",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f8a42f6..154ad3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "gitea-release"
-version = "0.7.0"
+version = "0.7.1"
 authors = ["Christine Dodrill <me@christine.website>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
diff --git a/src/version/cargo.rs b/src/version/cargo.rs
index 6f16407..c4ef009 100644
--- a/src/version/cargo.rs
+++ b/src/version/cargo.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::io::Read;
 fn get_file_as_byte_vec(filename: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
     let f = File::open(&filename);
     if f.is_err() {
+        log::debug!("can't read from Cargo.toml: {:?}", f.unwrap_err());
         return None;
     }
     let mut f = f.unwrap();
@@ -17,12 +18,25 @@ fn get_file_as_byte_vec(filename: &str) -> Option<Vec<u8>> {
 }
 
 pub fn read() -> Result<Option<String>> {
+    log::debug!("reading version from Cargo.toml");
     let bytes = get_file_as_byte_vec("Cargo.toml");
+    log::debug!("{:?}", bytes);
 
     match bytes {
         Some(bytes) => {
-            let pkg: Manifest = toml::from_slice(&bytes)?;
-            Ok(Some(pkg.package.unwrap().version))
+            log::trace!("reading toml");
+            let pkg : Result<Manifest, _> = toml::from_slice(&bytes);
+            match pkg {
+                Err(why) => {
+                    log::error!("error parsing Cargo.toml: {:?}", why);
+                    Err(why.into())
+                }
+                Ok(pkg) => {
+                    let version = pkg.package.unwrap().version;
+                    log::trace!("got version {}", version);
+                    Ok(Some(version))
+                }
+            }
         }
         None => Ok(None)
     }
diff --git a/src/version/mod.rs b/src/version/mod.rs
index 65deeec..1594d94 100644
--- a/src/version/mod.rs
+++ b/src/version/mod.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@ use std::{fs, path::PathBuf};
 mod cargo;
 
 pub(crate) fn read(fname: PathBuf) -> Result<String> {
-    let version = cargo::read()
-        .unwrap()
-        .unwrap_or(read_fs(fname)?);
+    let version = read_fs(fname).unwrap_or(cargo::read().unwrap().unwrap());
     Ok(version)
 }
 
 fn read_fs(fname: PathBuf) -> Result<String> {
+    log::debug!("reading version data from {:?}", fname);
     Ok(fs::read_to_string(fname)?.trim().into())
 }