diff --git a/chord/client.go b/chord/client.go
index 4280b9e..e5d9a60 100644
--- a/chord/client.go
+++ b/chord/client.go
@@ -88,14 +88,17 @@ func Stabilize(ctx context.Context, cl Client, n *Node) error {
 	pred, _, err := cl.Neighbors(ctx, n.Successor())
 	if err != nil {
 		// TODO(zeph): replication
-		return err
+		return fmt.Errorf("acquiring successor neighbors for stabilization: %w", err)
 	}
 	if pred.IsValid() && contains(n.self.id, n.Successor().id, pred.id) && pred.id != n.Successor().id {
 		// Shift in the new successor.
 		copy(n.succ[1:], n.succ)
 		n.succ[0] = pred
 	}
-	return cl.Notify(ctx, n, n.Successor())
+	if err := cl.Notify(ctx, n, n.Successor()); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("notifying successor: %w", err)
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // Notify informs n that p considers n to be p's successor.