diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/add_reserved_username.rs b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/add_reserved_username.rs
index 8e6d6cfaa..f301f567a 100644
--- a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/add_reserved_username.rs
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/add_reserved_username.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 use super::*;
 
 #[napi]
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
 pub async fn add_reserved_username(
   message: String,
   signature: String,
 ) -> Result<()> {
   // Set up the gRPC client that will be used to talk to the Identity service
   let channel = get_identity_service_channel().await?;
   let mut identity_client = IdentityClientServiceClient::new(channel);
 
   let add_reserved_username_request =
     AddReservedUsernameRequest { message, signature };
 
   identity_client
     .add_reserved_username(add_reserved_username_request)
     .await
-    .map_err(|_| Error::from_status(Status::GenericFailure))?
+    .map_err(|e| Error::new(Status::GenericFailure, e.to_string()))?
     .into_inner();
 
   Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/remove_reserved_username.rs b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/remove_reserved_username.rs
index c15e2b3a4..c9a3c0330 100644
--- a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/remove_reserved_username.rs
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/src/identity_client/remove_reserved_username.rs
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 use super::*;
 
 #[napi]
 #[instrument(skip_all)]
 pub async fn remove_reserved_username(
   message: String,
   signature: String,
 ) -> Result<()> {
   // Set up the gRPC client that will be used to talk to the Identity service
   let channel = get_identity_service_channel().await?;
   let mut identity_client = IdentityClientServiceClient::new(channel);
 
   let remove_reserved_username_request =
     RemoveReservedUsernameRequest { message, signature };
 
   identity_client
     .remove_reserved_username(remove_reserved_username_request)
     .await
-    .map_err(|_| Error::from_status(Status::GenericFailure))?
+    .map_err(|e| Error::new(Status::GenericFailure, e.to_string()))?
     .into_inner();
 
   Ok(())
 }