diff --git a/errorcontext.go b/errorcontext.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e07197b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errorcontext.go
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+package highlight
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"sync"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+type FrameWithContext struct {
+	errors.Frame
+	LinesBefore string
+	LineContent string
+	LinesAfter  string
+}
+
+type sourceReader struct {
+	mu    sync.Mutex
+	cache map[string][][]byte
+}
+
+func newSourceReader() sourceReader {
+	return sourceReader{
+		cache: make(map[string][][]byte),
+	}
+}
+
+func (sr *sourceReader) readContextLines(filename string, line, context int) ([][]byte, int) {
+	// context stands for the number of lines +/- we're returning
+	sr.mu.Lock()
+	defer sr.mu.Unlock()
+
+	lines, ok := sr.cache[filename]
+
+	if !ok {
+		data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			sr.cache[filename] = nil
+			return nil, 0
+		}
+		lines = bytes.Split(data, []byte{'\n'})
+		sr.cache[filename] = lines
+	}
+
+	return sr.calculateContextLines(lines, line, context)
+}
+
+func (sr *sourceReader) calculateContextLines(lines [][]byte, line, context int) ([][]byte, int) {
+	// Stacktrace lines are 1-indexed, slices are 0-indexed
+	line--
+
+	// contextLine points to a line that caused an issue itself, in relation to
+	// returned slice.
+	contextLine := context
+
+	if lines == nil || line >= len(lines) || line < 0 {
+		return nil, 0
+	}
+
+	if context < 0 {
+		context = 0
+		contextLine = 0
+	}
+
+	start := line - context
+	if start < 0 {
+		contextLine += start
+		start = 0
+	}
+
+	end := line + context + 1
+
+	if end > len(lines) {
+		end = len(lines)
+	}
+
+	return lines[start:end], contextLine
+}
+
+func (sr *sourceReader) addContextLinesToFrame(frame FrameWithContext, lines [][]byte, contextLine int) FrameWithContext {
+	for i, line := range lines {
+		switch {
+		case i < contextLine:
+			frame.LinesBefore = frame.LinesBefore + string(line)
+		case i == contextLine:
+			frame.LineContent = string(line)
+		default:
+			frame.LinesAfter = frame.LinesAfter + string(line)
+		}
+	}
+	return frame
+}
diff --git a/highlight.go b/highlight.go
index c4b4926..b816e81 100644
--- a/highlight.go
+++ b/highlight.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"os/signal"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ var (
 	signalChan           chan os.Signal
 	wg                   sync.WaitGroup
 	graphqlClientAddress string
+	sr                   sourceReader
 )
 
 // contextKey represents the keys that highlight may store in the users' context
@@ -62,6 +64,8 @@ var (
 
 const backendSetupCooldown = 15
 
+const contextLines = 5
+
 var (
 	lastBackendSetupTimestamp time.Time
 )
@@ -144,6 +148,7 @@ func init() {
 	errorChan = make(chan BackendErrorObjectInput, 128)
 	interruptChan = make(chan bool, 1)
 	signalChan = make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+	sr = newSourceReader()
 
 	signal.Notify(signalChan, syscall.SIGABRT, syscall.SIGTERM, syscall.SIGINT)
 	SetGraphqlClientAddress("https://pub.highlight.run")
@@ -254,6 +259,21 @@ func MarkBackendSetup(ctx context.Context) {
 	}
 }
 
+func getFileNameAndLineNumber(s string) (string, int) {
+	splitSpace := strings.Fields(s)
+	if len(splitSpace) == 2 {
+		splitData := strings.Split(splitSpace[1], ":")
+		if len(splitData) == 2 {
+			lineNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(splitData[1])
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", 0
+			}
+			return splitData[0], lineNumber
+		}
+	}
+	return "", 0
+}
+
 // ConsumeError adds an error to the queue of errors to be sent to our backend.
 // the provided context must have the injected highlight keys from InterceptRequestWithContext.
 func ConsumeError(ctx context.Context, errorInput interface{}, tags ...string) {
@@ -300,6 +320,19 @@ func ConsumeError(ctx context.Context, errorInput interface{}, tags ...string) {
 		}
 		var stackFrames []string
 		for _, frame := range stack {
+			frame := FrameWithContext{
+				Frame: frame,
+			}
+			initialFrame, err := frame.MarshalText()
+			if err != nil {
+				logger.Errorf("[highlight-go] %v", errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling stack frames"))
+				return
+			}
+			frameFileName, frameLineNumber := getFileNameAndLineNumber(string(initialFrame))
+			if frameFileName != "" && frameLineNumber != 0 {
+				lines, contextLine := sr.readContextLines(frameFileName, frameLineNumber, contextLines)
+				frame = sr.addContextLinesToFrame(frame, lines, contextLine)
+			}
 			frameBytes, err := frame.MarshalText()
 			if err != nil {
 				logger.Errorf("[highlight-go] %v", errors.Wrap(err, "error marshaling frame text"))