diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
index 7fb0a9d..2f9e155 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/PublishOperation.java
@@ -348,12 +348,12 @@ public class PublishOperation extends AbstractOperation<PublishOperation> {
         try {
             process.waitFor();
         } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-            throw new SignException(file, e);
+            throw new SignException(file, new InterruptedException(e.getMessage()));
         }
 
         if (process.exitValue() != 0) {
             var error = FileUtils.readString(process.getErrorStream());
-            throw new SignException(file);
+            throw new SignException(file, new IOException(error));
         }
         return FileUtils.readString(process.getInputStream());
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
index e3de0fc..d921c19 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/operations/exceptions/SignException.java
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ public class SignException extends RuntimeException {
     private final File file_;
     private final String reason_;
 
-    public SignException(File file) {
-        this(file, null);
-    }
-
     public SignException(File file, Throwable reason) {
         super("An error occurred while signing '" + file, reason);
         file_ = file;