diff --git a/distbuild/disttest/single_worker_test.go b/distbuild/disttest/single_worker_test.go
index 0c2b1e2..9fe5ae5 100644
--- a/distbuild/disttest/single_worker_test.go
+++ b/distbuild/disttest/single_worker_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package disttest
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ func TestJobCaching(t *testing.T) {
 
 var sourceFilesGraph = build.Graph{
 	SourceFiles: map[build.ID]string{
-		build.ID{'a'}: "a.txt",
-		build.ID{'c'}: "b/c.txt",
+		{'a'}: "a.txt",
+		{'c'}: "b/c.txt",
 	},
 	Jobs: []build.Job{
 		{
@@ -98,3 +99,34 @@ func TestSourceFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, recorder.Jobs, 1)
 	assert.Equal(t, &JobResult{Stdout: "foo", Stderr: "bar", Code: new(int)}, recorder.Jobs[build.ID{'a'}])
 }
+
+var artifactTransferGraph = build.Graph{
+	Jobs: []build.Job{
+		{
+			ID:   build.ID{'a'},
+			Name: "write",
+			Cmds: []build.Cmd{
+				{CatTemplate: "OK", CatOutput: "{{.OutputDir}}/out.txt"},
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			ID:   build.ID{'b'},
+			Name: "cat",
+			Cmds: []build.Cmd{
+				{Exec: []string{"cat", fmt.Sprintf("{{index .Deps %q}}/out.txt", build.ID{'a'})}},
+			},
+			Deps: []build.ID{{'a'}},
+		},
+	},
+}
+
+func TestArtifactTransfer(t *testing.T) {
+	env, cancel := newEnv(t)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	recorder := NewRecorder()
+	require.NoError(t, env.Client.Build(env.Ctx, artifactTransferGraph, recorder))
+
+	assert.Len(t, recorder.Jobs, 2)
+	assert.Equal(t, &JobResult{Stdout: "OK", Code: new(int)}, recorder.Jobs[build.ID{'b'}])
+}
diff --git a/distbuild/pkg/worker/worker.go b/distbuild/pkg/worker/worker.go
index 91a5c9b..cde1d9b 100644
--- a/distbuild/pkg/worker/worker.go
+++ b/distbuild/pkg/worker/worker.go
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ func (w *Worker) Run(ctx context.Context) error {
 		for _, spec := range rsp.JobsToRun {
 			result, err := w.runJob(ctx, &spec)
 			if err != nil {
-				errStr := err.Error()
+				errStr := fmt.Sprintf("job %s failed: %v", spec.Job.ID, err)
 				w.jobFinished(&proto.JobResult{ID: spec.Job.ID, Error: &errStr})
 				continue
 			}