diff --git a/pkg/package/package.go b/pkg/package/package.go
index 83ab6197..2fc019bf 100644
--- a/pkg/package/package.go
+++ b/pkg/package/package.go
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ type DefaultPackage struct {
 	PackageConflicts []*DefaultPackage `json:"conflicts"` // Affects YAML field names too.
 	IsSet            bool              `json:"set"`       // Affects YAML field names too.
 
-	Path string `json:"-"` // primary key with auto increment
+	// TODO: Annotations?
+
+	// Path is set only internally when tree is loaded from disk
+	Path string `json:"path,omitempty"` // primary key with auto increment
 }
 
 // State represent the package state
diff --git a/pkg/tree/recipes.go b/pkg/tree/recipes.go
index db2a0e0b..d1411b67 100644
--- a/pkg/tree/recipes.go
+++ b/pkg/tree/recipes.go
@@ -86,22 +86,18 @@ func (r *Recipe) Load(path string) error {
 
 		dat, err := ioutil.ReadFile(currentpath)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "Error reading file "+currentpath)
 		}
 		pack, err := pkg.DefaultPackageFromYaml(dat)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "Error reading yaml "+currentpath)
 		}
 
-		pack.SetPath(filepath.Dir(path))
-
+		// Path is set only internally when tree is loaded from disk
+		pack.SetPath(filepath.Dir(currentpath))
 		_, err = r.Tree().GetPackageSet().CreatePackage(&pack)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		// first thing to do, check error. and decide what to do about it
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return errors.Wrap(err, "Error creating package "+pack.GetName())
 		}
 
 		return nil