diff --git a/mem_edit/abstract.py b/mem_edit/abstract.py
index 5305116..8e1e2f3 100644
--- a/mem_edit/abstract.py
+++ b/mem_edit/abstract.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class Process(metaclass=ABCMeta):
                 self.read_memory(start, region_buffer)
                 found += [offset + start for offset in search(needle_buffer, region_buffer)]
             except OSError:
-                logger.error('Failed to read in range  0x{} - 0x{}'.format(start, stop))
+                logger.exception(f'Failed to read in range  0x{start} - 0x{stop}')
         return found
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/mem_edit/windows.py b/mem_edit/windows.py
index 49f92eb..9de6b06 100644
--- a/mem_edit/windows.py
+++ b/mem_edit/windows.py
@@ -161,8 +161,8 @@ class Process(AbstractProcess):
                 ctypes.sizeof(write_buffer),
                 None
                 )
-        except (BufferError, ValueError, TypeError):
-            raise MemEditError(f'Error with handle {self.process_handle}:  {self._get_last_error()}')
+        except (BufferError, ValueError, TypeError) as err:
+            raise MemEditError(f'Error with handle {self.process_handle}:  {self._get_last_error()}') from err
 
     def read_memory(self, base_address: int, read_buffer: ctypes_buffer_t) -> ctypes_buffer_t:
         try:
@@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ class Process(AbstractProcess):
                 ctypes.sizeof(read_buffer),
                 None
                 )
-        except (BufferError, ValueError, TypeError):
-            raise MemEditError(f'Error with handle {self.process_handle}: {self._get_last_error()}')
+        except (BufferError, ValueError, TypeError) as err:
+            raise MemEditError(f'Error with handle {self.process_handle}: {self._get_last_error()}') from err
 
         return read_buffer
 
@@ -274,8 +274,7 @@ class Process(AbstractProcess):
                 if success == 0:
                     raise MemEditError('Failed VirtualQueryEx with handle '
                                        + f'{self.process_handle}: {self._get_last_error()}')
-                else:
-                    raise MemEditError('VirtualQueryEx output too short!')
+                raise MemEditError('VirtualQueryEx output too short!')
 
             return mbi