diff --git a/cjs/index.js b/cjs/index.js
index ea12f87..5339a6b 100644
--- a/cjs/index.js
+++ b/cjs/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 const fetch = (m => m.__esModule ? /* istanbul ignore next */ m.default : /* istanbul ignore next */ m)(require('node-fetch'))
-const { ClientError } = require('./types.js')
+const get = (m => m.__esModule ? /* istanbul ignore next */ m.default : /* istanbul ignore next */ m)(require('lodash.get'))
 
 class GraphQLClient {
   constructor (url, options = {}) {
@@ -8,34 +8,33 @@ class GraphQLClient {
     this.options = options
   }
 
-  async rawStringRequest (body) {
+  async rawStringRequest (requestBody) {
     // If you need to generate your gql body elsewhere, you can still utilize errors and options.
     const { headers, ...others } = this.options
 
     const response = await fetch(this.url, {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...headers },
-      body,
+      body: requestBody,
       ...others
     })
 
-    const result = await getResult(response)
+    const responseBody = await getBody(response)
 
-    if (response.ok && !result.errors && result.data) {
+    if (response.ok && !responseBody.errors && responseBody.data) {
       const { headers, status } = response
-      return { ...result, headers, status }
+      return { ...responseBody, headers, status }
     } else {
-      const errorResult = typeof result === 'string' ? { error: result } : result
+      const errorResponseBody = typeof result === 'string' ? { error: responseBody } : responseBody
 
-      let bodyObj = body
+      let requestBodyObject = requestBody
       try {
-        bodyObj = JSON.parse(body)
+        requestBodyObject = JSON.parse(requestBody)
       } catch (e) { /* Swallow parsing errors */ }
 
-      throw new ClientError(
-        { ...errorResult, status: response.status, headers: response.headers },
-        bodyObj
-      )
+      const error = generateError({ errorResponseBody, response, requestBodyObject })
+
+      throw error
     }
   }
 
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ function rawStringRequest (url, body, opts) {
 }
 exports.rawStringRequest = rawStringRequest
 
-function getResult (response) {
+function getBody (response) {
   const contentType = response.headers.get('Content-Type')
   if (contentType && contentType.startsWith('application/json')) {
     return response.json()
@@ -110,3 +109,22 @@ function getResult (response) {
     return response.text()
   }
 }
+
+function generateError ({ errorResponseBody, response, requestBodyObject }) {
+  // The goal is to capture a real error, with a halfway decent message.
+  // If there are additional object paths with good errors, we can add them here.
+  // This coveres apollo.
+  const message = get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].extensions.exception.data.message[0].messages[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].extensions.exception.data.data[0].messages[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors.message') ||
+    get(response, 'statusText') ||
+    'There was an error with the request.'
+  const error = new Error(message)
+
+  error.response = { ...errorResponseBody, status: response.status, headers: response.headers }
+  error.request = requestBodyObject
+
+  return error
+}
+exports.generateError = generateError
diff --git a/cjs/index.test.js b/cjs/index.test.js
index 29ab5dc..e0fd238 100644
--- a/cjs/index.test.js
+++ b/cjs/index.test.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ tap.test('basic error', async t => {
 
   const res = await request(ctx.url, 'x').catch((x) => x)
 
-  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'GraphQL Error (Code: 200): {"response":{"errors":{"message":"Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name \\"x\\"\\n\\n1: x\\n   ^\\n","locations":[{"line":1,"column":1}]},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"x"}}')
+  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name "x"\n\n1: x\n   ^\n')
 })
 
 tap.test('basic error with raw request', async t => {
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ tap.test('basic error with raw request', async t => {
     }
   })
   const res = await rawRequest(ctx.url, 'x').catch((x) => x)
-  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'GraphQL Error (Code: 200): {"response":{"errors":{"message":"Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name \\"x\\"\\n\\n1: x\\n   ^\\n","locations":[{"line":1,"column":1}]},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"x"}}')
+  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name "x"\n\n1: x\n   ^\n')
 })
 
 tap.test('shut down test server', t => {
diff --git a/esm/index.js b/esm/index.js
index 71f02e9..7f85bb0 100644
--- a/esm/index.js
+++ b/esm/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import fetch from 'node-fetch'
-import { ClientError } from './types.js'
+import get from 'lodash.get'
 
 export class GraphQLClient {
   constructor (url, options = {}) {
@@ -7,34 +7,33 @@ export class GraphQLClient {
     this.options = options
   }
 
-  async rawStringRequest (body) {
+  async rawStringRequest (requestBody) {
     // If you need to generate your gql body elsewhere, you can still utilize errors and options.
     const { headers, ...others } = this.options
 
     const response = await fetch(this.url, {
       method: 'POST',
       headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', ...headers },
-      body,
+      body: requestBody,
       ...others
     })
 
-    const result = await getResult(response)
+    const responseBody = await getBody(response)
 
-    if (response.ok && !result.errors && result.data) {
+    if (response.ok && !responseBody.errors && responseBody.data) {
       const { headers, status } = response
-      return { ...result, headers, status }
+      return { ...responseBody, headers, status }
     } else {
-      const errorResult = typeof result === 'string' ? { error: result } : result
+      const errorResponseBody = typeof result === 'string' ? { error: responseBody } : responseBody
 
-      let bodyObj = body
+      let requestBodyObject = requestBody
       try {
-        bodyObj = JSON.parse(body)
+        requestBodyObject = JSON.parse(requestBody)
       } catch (e) { /* Swallow parsing errors */ }
 
-      throw new ClientError(
-        { ...errorResult, status: response.status, headers: response.headers },
-        bodyObj
-      )
+      const error = generateError({ errorResponseBody, response, requestBodyObject })
+
+      throw error
     }
   }
 
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@ export function rawStringRequest (url, body, opts) {
   return client.rawStringRequest(body)
 }
 
-function getResult (response) {
+function getBody (response) {
   const contentType = response.headers.get('Content-Type')
   if (contentType && contentType.startsWith('application/json')) {
     return response.json()
@@ -104,3 +103,21 @@ function getResult (response) {
     return response.text()
   }
 }
+
+export function generateError ({ errorResponseBody, response, requestBodyObject }) {
+  // The goal is to capture a real error, with a halfway decent message.
+  // If there are additional object paths with good errors, we can add them here.
+  // This coveres apollo.
+  const message = get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].extensions.exception.data.message[0].messages[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].extensions.exception.data.data[0].messages[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors[0].message') ||
+    get(errorResponseBody, 'errors.message') ||
+    get(response, 'statusText') ||
+    'There was an error with the request.'
+  const error = new Error(message)
+
+  error.response = { ...errorResponseBody, status: response.status, headers: response.headers }
+  error.request = requestBodyObject
+
+  return error
+}
diff --git a/esm/index.test.js b/esm/index.test.js
index f001a6c..c11f875 100644
--- a/esm/index.test.js
+++ b/esm/index.test.js
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ tap.test('basic error', async t => {
 
   const res = await request(ctx.url, 'x').catch((x) => x)
 
-  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'GraphQL Error (Code: 200): {"response":{"errors":{"message":"Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name \\"x\\"\\n\\n1: x\\n   ^\\n","locations":[{"line":1,"column":1}]},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"x"}}')
+  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name "x"\n\n1: x\n   ^\n')
 })
 
 tap.test('basic error with raw request', async t => {
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ tap.test('basic error with raw request', async t => {
     }
   })
   const res = await rawRequest(ctx.url, 'x').catch((x) => x)
-  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'GraphQL Error (Code: 200): {"response":{"errors":{"message":"Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name \\"x\\"\\n\\n1: x\\n   ^\\n","locations":[{"line":1,"column":1}]},"status":200,"headers":{}},"request":{"query":"x"}}')
+  t.deepEqual(res.message, 'Syntax Error GraphQL request (1:1) Unexpected Name "x"\n\n1: x\n   ^\n')
 })
 
 tap.test('shut down test server', t => {
diff --git a/esm/types.js b/esm/types.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d753fe4..0000000
--- a/esm/types.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-export class ClientError extends Error {
-  constructor (response, request) {
-    const message = `${extractMessage(response)}: ${JSON.stringify({
-      response,
-      request
-    })}`
-
-    super(message)
-
-    Object.setPrototypeOf(this, ClientError.prototype)
-
-    this.response = response
-    this.request = request
-
-    // this is needed as Safari doesn't support .captureStackTrace
-    if (typeof Error.captureStackTrace === 'function') {
-      Error.captureStackTrace(this, ClientError)
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-function extractMessage (response) {
-  try {
-    return response.errors[0].message
-  } catch (e) {
-    return `GraphQL Error (Code: ${response.status})`
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fe847fc..9da1c61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/little-core-labs/gqlr#readme",
   "dependencies": {
+    "lodash.get": "^4.4.2",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {