diff --git a/notifiers/slack.go b/notifiers/slack.go
index 7c435ef2..3819e0e0 100644
--- a/notifiers/slack.go
+++ b/notifiers/slack.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	slackMethod     = "slack"
-	failingTemplate = `{ "attachments": [ { "fallback": "Service {{.Service.Name}} - is currently failing", "text": "Your Statping service <{{.Service.Domain}}|{{.Service.Name}}> has just received a Failure notification based on your expected results. {{.Service.Name}} responded with a HTTP Status code of {{.Service.LastStatusCode}}.", "fields": [ { "title": "Expected Status Code", "value": "{{.Service.ExpectedStatus}}", "short": true }, { "title": "Received Status Code", "value": "{{.Service.LastStatusCode}}", "short": true } ], "color": "#FF0000", "thumb_url": "https://statping.com", "footer": "Statping", "footer_icon": "https://img.cjx.io/statuplogo32.png" } ] }`
+	failingTemplate = `{ "attachments": [ { "fallback": "Service {{.Service.Name}} - is currently failing", "text": "Your Statping service <{{.Service.Domain}}|{{.Service.Name}}> has just received a Failure notification based on your expected results. {{.Service.Name}} responded with a HTTP Status code of {{.Service.LastStatusCode}}.", "fields": [ { "title": "Expected Status Code", "value": "{{.Service.ExpectedStatus}}", "short": true }, { "title": "Received Status Code", "value": "{{.Service.LastStatusCode}}", "short": true } ,{ "title": "Error Message", "value": "{{.Issue}}", "short": false } ], "color": "#FF0000", "thumb_url": "https://statping.com", "footer": "Statping", "footer_icon": "https://img.cjx.io/statuplogo32.png" } ] }`
 	successTemplate = `{ "attachments": [ { "fallback": "Service {{.Service.Name}} - is now back online", "text": "Your Statping service <{{.Service.Domain}}|{{.Service.Name}}> is now back online and meets your expected responses.", "color": "#00FF00", "thumb_url": "https://statping.com", "footer": "Statping", "footer_icon": "https://img.cjx.io/statuplogo32.png" } ] }`
 	slackText       = `{"text":"{{.}}"}`
 )
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ func (u *slack) OnFailure(s *types.Service, f *types.Failure) {
 		Service:  s,
 		Template: failingTemplate,
 		Time:     time.Now().Unix(),
+		Issue:    f.Issue,
 	}
 	parseSlackMessage(s.Id, failingTemplate, message)
 }