diff --git a/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter.py b/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter.py
index 1bc1432b67..e89af5c70a 100644
--- a/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter.py
+++ b/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter.py
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ class ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter(WorkspaceWriter):
 
         # Indicate that the 3mf mesh writer should not close the archive just yet (we still need to add stuff to it).
         mesh_writer.setStoreArchive(True)
-        mesh_writer.write(stream, nodes, mode)
+        if not mesh_writer.write(stream, nodes, mode):
+            self.setInformation(mesh_writer.getInformation())
+            return False
 
         archive = mesh_writer.getArchive()
         if archive is None:  # This happens if there was no mesh data to write.
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ class ThreeMFWorkspaceWriter(WorkspaceWriter):
             Logger.error("No permission to write workspace to this stream.")
             return False
         except EnvironmentError as e:
-            self.setInformation(catalog.i18nc("@error:zip", "The operating system does not allow saving a project file to this location or with this file name."))
+            self.setInformation(catalog.i18nc("@error:zip", str(e)))
             Logger.error("EnvironmentError when writing workspace to this stream: {err}".format(err = str(e)))
             return False
         mesh_writer.setStoreArchive(False)
diff --git a/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWriter.py b/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWriter.py
index 3f6fef7201..1ecfd87aa8 100644
--- a/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWriter.py
+++ b/plugins/3MFWriter/ThreeMFWriter.py
@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ class ThreeMFWriter(MeshWriter):
             archive.writestr(model_file, scene_string)
             archive.writestr(content_types_file, b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> \n' + ET.tostring(content_types))
             archive.writestr(relations_file, b'<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> \n' + ET.tostring(relations_element))
-        except Exception as e:
+        except Exception as error:
             Logger.logException("e", "Error writing zip file")
-            self.setInformation(catalog.i18nc("@error:zip", "Error writing 3mf file."))
+            self.setInformation(str(error))
             return False
         finally:
             if not self._store_archive: