diff --git a/modules/vm.cc b/modules/vm.cc
index 600de4335..f9180b036 100644
--- a/modules/vm.cc
+++ b/modules/vm.cc
@@ -501,11 +501,12 @@ catch(const error &e) // VM FAULT CODE
 	return handle_error
 	(
 		*eval.opts, e.code,
-		"eval %s %s: %s %s",
+		"eval %s %s: %s %s :%s",
 		json::get<"event_id"_>(event)?: json::string{"<edu>"},
 		reflect(e.code),
 		e.what(),
-		e.content
+		unquote(json::object(e.content).get("errcode")),
+		unquote(json::object(e.content).get("error"))
 	);
 }
 catch(const m::error &e) // GENERAL MATRIX ERROR
@@ -513,10 +514,11 @@ catch(const m::error &e) // GENERAL MATRIX ERROR
 	return handle_error
 	(
 		*eval.opts, fault::GENERAL,
-		"eval %s #GP (General Protection): %s %s",
+		"eval %s #GP (General Protection): %s %s :%s",
 		json::get<"event_id"_>(event)?: json::string{"<edu>"},
 		e.what(),
-		e.content
+		unquote(json::object(e.content).get("errcode")),
+		unquote(json::object(e.content).get("error"))
 	);
 }
 catch(const ctx::interrupted &e) // INTERRUPTION