diff --git a/cli/cache/node.rs b/cli/cache/node.rs
index b197722291..2f1b1f55f8 100644
--- a/cli/cache/node.rs
+++ b/cli/cache/node.rs
@@ -106,11 +106,16 @@ impl NodeAnalysisCache {
         ) {
           Ok(cache) => Some(cache),
           Err(err) => {
+            let file = self
+              .db_file_path
+              .as_ref()
+              .map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+              .unwrap_or_default();
+            log::error!("Error creating node analysis cache, file '{file}' may be corrupt: {:#}", err);
             // should never error here, but if it ever does don't fail
             if cfg!(debug_assertions) {
-              panic!("Error creating node analysis cache: {err:#}");
+              panic!("Error creating node analysis cache, file '{file}' may be corrupt: {err:#}");
             } else {
-              log::debug!("Error creating node analysis cache: {:#}", err);
               None
             }
           }
diff --git a/cli/cache/parsed_source.rs b/cli/cache/parsed_source.rs
index b6a80e82ef..461ac6dcec 100644
--- a/cli/cache/parsed_source.rs
+++ b/cli/cache/parsed_source.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,12 @@ impl ParsedSourceCache {
     ) {
       Ok(analyzer) => Box::new(analyzer),
       Err(err) => {
-        log::debug!("Could not create cached module analyzer. {:#}", err);
+        let file = self
+          .db_cache_path
+          .as_ref()
+          .map(|s| s.to_string_lossy().to_string())
+          .unwrap_or_default();
+        log::error!("Could not create cached module analyzer, cache file '{file}' may be corrupt: {:#}", err);
         // fallback to not caching if it can't be created
         Box::new(deno_graph::CapturingModuleAnalyzer::new(
           None,