diff --git a/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js b/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
--- a/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
+++ b/lib/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   type PeerToPeerMessage,
 } from '../types/tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-message-types.js';
 import { getConfig } from '../utils/config.js';
+import { getMessageForException } from '../utils/errors.js';
 
 type Props = {
   +socketSend: (message: string) => void,
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@
         try {
           await peerToPeerMessageHandler(peerToPeerMessage, messageID);
         } catch (e) {
-          console.log(e.message);
+          console.log(getMessageForException(e));
         } finally {
           if (
             localSocketSessionCounter === getSessionCounter() &&
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@
       } catch (e) {
         console.log(
           'error while parsing Tunnelbroker peer-to-peer message:',
-          e.message,
+          getMessageForException(e),
         );
         // Client received incorrect message, confirm to remove from
         // Tunnelbroker queue.
@@ -167,7 +168,10 @@
         })),
       );
     } catch (e) {
-      console.log('error while reading persisted inbound messages:', e.message);
+      console.log(
+        'error while reading persisted inbound messages:',
+        getMessageForException(e),
+      );
     }
   }, [enqueue]);
 
diff --git a/lib/tunnelbroker/use-peer-to-peer-message-handler.js b/lib/tunnelbroker/use-peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
--- a/lib/tunnelbroker/use-peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
+++ b/lib/tunnelbroker/use-peer-to-peer-message-handler.js
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@
             await identityClient.getInboundKeysForUser(senderUserID);
           deviceKeys = keys[senderDeviceID];
         } catch (e) {
-          console.log(e.message);
+          console.log(getMessageForException(e));
         }
 
         if (!deviceKeys) {
@@ -233,12 +233,13 @@
               `session version: ${sessionVersion}`,
           );
         } catch (e) {
-          if (e.message?.includes(olmSessionErrors.alreadyCreated)) {
+          const errorMessage = getMessageForException(e) ?? '';
+          if (errorMessage.includes(olmSessionErrors.alreadyCreated)) {
             console.log(
               'Received session request with lower session version from ' +
                 `${senderDeviceID}, session version: ${sessionVersion}`,
             );
-          } else if (e.message?.includes(olmSessionErrors.raceCondition)) {
+          } else if (errorMessage.includes(olmSessionErrors.raceCondition)) {
             const currentDeviceID = await getContentSigningKey();
             if (hasHigherDeviceID(currentDeviceID, senderDeviceID)) {
               console.log(
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@
           } else {
             console.log(
               'Error creating inbound session with device ' +
-                `${senderDeviceID}: ${e.message}, ` +
+                `${senderDeviceID}: ${errorMessage}, ` +
                 `session version: ${sessionVersion}`,
             );
           }
@@ -292,7 +293,8 @@
             console.log('Failed processing Olm P2P message:', e);
           }
         } catch (e) {
-          if (e.message?.includes(olmSessionErrors.invalidSessionVersion)) {
+          const errorMessage = getMessageForException(e) ?? '';
+          if (errorMessage.includes(olmSessionErrors.invalidSessionVersion)) {
             console.log(
               'Received message decrypted with different session from ' +
                 `${message.senderInfo.deviceID}.`,
@@ -301,10 +303,10 @@
           }
           console.log(
             'Error decrypting message from device ' +
-              `${message.senderInfo.deviceID}: ${e.message}`,
+              `${message.senderInfo.deviceID}: ${errorMessage}`,
           );
 
-          if (!e.message?.includes(OLM_ERROR_FLAG)) {
+          if (!errorMessage.includes(OLM_ERROR_FLAG)) {
             throw e;
           }
 
@@ -322,7 +324,9 @@
           const oneTimeKeys = await olmAPI.getOneTimeKeys(message.numberOfKeys);
           await identityClient.uploadOneTimeKeys(oneTimeKeys);
         } catch (e) {
-          console.log(`Error uploading one-time keys: ${e.message}`);
+          console.log(
+            `Error uploading one-time keys: ${getMessageForException(e) ?? ''}`,
+          );
         }
       } else if (message.type === peerToPeerMessageTypes.DEVICE_LIST_UPDATED) {
         try {
diff --git a/lib/utils/peer-to-peer-communication-utils.js b/lib/utils/peer-to-peer-communication-utils.js
--- a/lib/utils/peer-to-peer-communication-utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils/peer-to-peer-communication-utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // @flow
 
 import { getConfig } from './config.js';
+import { getMessageForException } from './errors.js';
 import { olmSessionErrors } from './olm-utils.js';
 import { type AuthMetadata } from '../shared/identity-client-context.js';
 import { type P2PMessageRecipient } from '../tunnelbroker/peer-to-peer-context.js';
@@ -88,7 +89,9 @@
     };
     return await sendMessageToPeer(encryptedMessage, authMetadata, sendMessage);
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e.message?.includes(olmSessionErrors.sessionDoesNotExist)) {
+    if (
+      getMessageForException(e)?.includes(olmSessionErrors.sessionDoesNotExist)
+    ) {
       return 'missing_session';
     }
     console.log(`Error sending messages to peer ${message.deviceID}`, e);
@@ -178,7 +181,9 @@
 
     return { status: 'success', recipient };
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e.message?.includes(olmSessionErrors.sessionDoesNotExist)) {
+    if (
+      getMessageForException(e)?.includes(olmSessionErrors.sessionDoesNotExist)
+    ) {
       return { status: 'missing_session', recipient };
     }
     console.log(`Error sending messages to peer ${recipient.deviceID}`, e);