diff --git a/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts b/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
index 1de1883b3..e8758f566 100644
--- a/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
+++ b/src/modules/browse/browse.router.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,13 @@ export const browseRouter = createTRPCRouter({
               title: '',
               content: undefined,
               file: undefined,
-              error: result.reason?.message || 'Unknown fetch error',
+              error: typeof result.reason === 'string' 
+  ? result.reason
+  : result.reason instanceof Error
+    ? result.reason.message
+    : result.reason 
+      ? JSON.stringify(result.reason)
+      : 'Unknown fetch error',
               stopReason: 'error',
               screenshot: undefined,
             } satisfies FetchPageWorkerOutputSchema;