diff --git a/src/experimental/mjz/mjz_decoder.cc b/src/experimental/mjz/mjz_decoder.cc
index 409607e7..8defa31d 100644
--- a/src/experimental/mjz/mjz_decoder.cc
+++ b/src/experimental/mjz/mjz_decoder.cc
@@ -206,8 +206,9 @@ mjPLUGIN_LIB_INIT {
     if (size <= 0) {
       return nullptr;
     }
+    char error[1024];
     return ParseZipBuffer(buffer, size, resource->name, const_cast<mjVFS*>(vfs),
-                          nullptr, 0);
+                          error, sizeof(error));
   };
   mjp_registerDecoder(&decoder);
 }