diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 9dd6fca..20ba21b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+0.7.3
+ - enh: increased verbosity when encountering exceptions during hash check
 0.7.2
  - fix: remove unnecessary print-calls
 0.7.1
diff --git a/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py b/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
index 4e4a571..99d2018 100644
--- a/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
+++ b/mpl_data_cast/recipe.py
@@ -262,7 +262,12 @@ def transfer_to_target_path(temp_path: pathlib.Path,
                 thr_in.start()
                 thr_in.join()
                 hash_input = thr_in.hash
+                if thr_in.error:
+                    raise ValueError(thr_in.error)
+
             thr_out.join()
+            if thr_out.error:
+                raise ValueError(thr_out.error)
             hash_target = thr_out.hash
 
             # sanity check
@@ -276,6 +281,7 @@ def transfer_to_target_path(temp_path: pathlib.Path,
                 # Since we copied the wrong file, we are responsible for
                 # deleting it.
                 target_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
+
         if success and delete_after:
             temp_path.unlink(missing_ok=True)
         return success
diff --git a/mpl_data_cast/util.py b/mpl_data_cast/util.py
index 9799deb..7e04203 100644
--- a/mpl_data_cast/util.py
+++ b/mpl_data_cast/util.py
@@ -29,13 +29,23 @@ def __init__(self, path, copy_to=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.path = path
         self.copy_to = copy_to
         self.hash = None
+        self.error = None
 
     def run(self):
-        if self.copy_to:
-            self.hash = copyhashfile(path_in=self.path,
-                                     path_out=self.copy_to)
-        else:
-            self.hash = hashfile(self.path)
+        for ii in range(3):
+            try:
+                if self.copy_to:
+                    self.hash = copyhashfile(path_in=self.path,
+                                             path_out=self.copy_to)
+                else:
+                    self.hash = hashfile(self.path)
+            except BaseException:
+                self.error = traceback.format_exc()
+                logger.error(self.error)
+                time.sleep(10)
+            else:
+                self.error = None
+                break
 
 
 def copyhashfile(path_in: str | pathlib.Path,