diff --git a/lib/diakonos/vendor/fuzzy_file_finder.rb b/lib/diakonos/vendor/fuzzy_file_finder.rb
index 9a75559..d3997cc 100644
--- a/lib/diakonos/vendor/fuzzy_file_finder.rb
+++ b/lib/diakonos/vendor/fuzzy_file_finder.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ class FuzzyFileFinder
 
     @files = []
     @directories = {}  # To detect link cycles
+    @dirs_with_many = []
 
     rescan!
   end
@@ -222,9 +223,22 @@ class FuzzyFileFinder
       if ! @directories[real_dir]
         @directories[real_dir] = true
 
-        Dir.entries(directory.name).each do |entry|
+        Dir.entries(directory.name)
+        .tap { |_entries|
+          if _entries.length > ceiling/10
+            @dirs_with_many << [_entries.length, directory.name]
+            $diakonos.log "[#{self.class}] Many dir entries: #{_entries.length} in #{directory.name}"
+          end
+        }.each do |entry|
           next  if entry[0,1] == "."
-          raise TooManyEntries if files.length > ceiling
+          if files.length > ceiling
+            raise TooManyEntries.new(%{
+              Directories with many entries:
+
+              #{@dirs_with_many.map { |d| d.join("\t") }.join("\n")}
+
+            })
+          end
 
           full = File.join(directory.name, entry)
           next  if ignore?(full)
diff --git a/spec/fuzzy_file_finder_spec.rb b/spec/fuzzy_file_finder_spec.rb
index 2df1e73..a4c672d 100644
--- a/spec/fuzzy_file_finder_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/fuzzy_file_finder_spec.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ RSpec.describe FuzzyFileFinder do
   let(:finder) { described_class.new(params) }
 
   let(:ceiling) { nil }
-  let(:directories) { ['spec/test-files'] }
+  let(:root_dir) { "spec/test-files" }
+  let(:directories) { [root_dir] }
   let(:ignores) { [] }
   let(:recursive) { nil }
 
@@ -33,5 +34,14 @@ RSpec.describe FuzzyFileFinder do
         ]
       end
     end
+
+    context "when the ceiling is less than the number of entries searched" do
+      let(:ceiling) { 5 }
+
+      it "raises a TooManyEntries exception" do
+        expect { finder.find(input) }
+        .to raise_exception(FuzzyFileFinder::TooManyEntries, %r[14.*#{root_dir}])
+      end
+    end
   end
 end