diff --git a/binder/forms.py b/binder/forms.py
index 34850d6..4afa245 100644
--- a/binder/forms.py
+++ b/binder/forms.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class CustomUnicodeListField(forms.CharField):
             first_parse = eval(value)
             string_list = [current_item for current_item in first_parse]
         except:
-            raise ValidationError
+            raise ValidationError("Error in converting Unicode list to list of Strings: %r" % value)
 
         return string_list