diff --git a/multistrap b/multistrap
index e21c8a8..de3b045 100755
--- a/multistrap
+++ b/multistrap
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ sub cascade {
 	$file = shift;
 	$config = Config::Auto::parse($file, format => 'ini');
 	if (not defined $config or (scalar keys %$config) == 0) {
-		die ("$progname: ". _g("Failed to parse '$file'!\n"));
+		die ("$progname: ". sprintf(_g("Failed to parse '%s'!\n"), $file));
 	}
 	foreach $key (%$config) {
 		$type = lc($key) if (ref $key ne "HASH");