diff --git a/query.go b/query.go
index ab6b832..4d15f60 100644
--- a/query.go
+++ b/query.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package chromem
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -109,14 +110,23 @@ func calcDocSimilarity(ctx context.Context, queryVectors []float32, docs []*Docu
 		concurrency = numDocs
 	}
 
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
-	defer cancel(nil)
-
-	docChan := make(chan *Document, concurrency*2)
 	var globalErr error
 	globalErrLock := sync.Mutex{}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
+	defer cancel(nil)
+	setGlobalErr := func(err error) {
+		globalErrLock.Lock()
+		defer globalErrLock.Unlock()
+		// Another goroutine might have already set the error.
+		if globalErr == nil {
+			globalErr = err
+			// Cancel the operation for all other goroutines.
+			cancel(globalErr)
+		}
+	}
 
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	docChan := make(chan *Document, concurrency*2)
 	for i := 0; i < concurrency; i++ {
 		wg.Add(1)
 		go func() {
@@ -129,14 +139,7 @@ func calcDocSimilarity(ctx context.Context, queryVectors []float32, docs []*Docu
 
 				sim, err := cosineSimilarity(queryVectors, doc.Embedding)
 				if err != nil {
-					globalErrLock.Lock()
-					defer globalErrLock.Unlock()
-					// Another goroutine might have already set the error.
-					if globalErr == nil {
-						globalErr = err
-						// Cancel the operation for all other goroutines.
-						cancel(globalErr)
-					}
+					setGlobalErr(fmt.Errorf("couldn't calculate similarity for document '%s': %w", doc.ID, err))
 					return
 				}