diff --git a/apis/python/node/src/lib.rs b/apis/python/node/src/lib.rs
index d50069c6..168c2ea7 100644
--- a/apis/python/node/src/lib.rs
+++ b/apis/python/node/src/lib.rs
@@ -104,10 +104,7 @@ impl Node {
 
 #[pyfunction]
 fn start_runtime() -> Result<()> {
-    dora_runtime::main()
-        .wrap_err("Python Dora Runtime failed.")
-        .unwrap();
-    Ok(())
+    dora_runtime::main().wrap_err("Dora Runtime raised an error.")
 }
 
 #[pymodule]
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs b/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
index afbe84e4..c612465c 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
+++ b/binaries/runtime/src/lib.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,10 @@ async fn run(
             } => {
                 match event {
                     OperatorEvent::Error(err) => {
-                        bail!(err.wrap_err(format!("operator {operator_id} failed")))
+                        bail!(err.wrap_err(format!(
+                            "operator {}/{operator_id} raised an error",
+                            node.id()
+                        )))
                     }
                     OperatorEvent::Panic(payload) => {
                         bail!("operator {operator_id} panicked: {payload:?}");
diff --git a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
index 0a7a3171..ecdc74f2 100644
--- a/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
+++ b/binaries/runtime/src/operator/python.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use tokio::sync::mpsc::Sender;
 fn traceback(err: pyo3::PyErr) -> eyre::Report {
     let traceback = Python::with_gil(|py| err.traceback(py).and_then(|t| t.format().ok()));
     if let Some(traceback) = traceback {
-        eyre::eyre!("{err}:\n{traceback}")
+        eyre::eyre!("{err}{traceback}")
     } else {
         eyre::eyre!("{err}")
     }