diff --git a/packages/inference/src/tasks/custom/streamingRequest.ts b/packages/inference/src/tasks/custom/streamingRequest.ts
index 7f4179811..c955fa50d 100644
--- a/packages/inference/src/tasks/custom/streamingRequest.ts
+++ b/packages/inference/src/tasks/custom/streamingRequest.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,16 @@ export async function* streamingRequest<T>(
 					}
 					const data = JSON.parse(event.data);
 					if (typeof data === "object" && data !== null && "error" in data) {
-						throw new Error(data.error);
+						const errorStr =
+							typeof data.error === "string"
+								? data.error
+								: typeof data.error === "object" &&
+								    data.error &&
+								    "message" in data.error &&
+								    typeof data.error.message === "string"
+								  ? data.error.message
+								  : JSON.stringify(data.error);
+						throw new Error(`Error forwarded from backend: ` + errorStr);
 					}
 					yield data as T;
 				}