diff --git a/packages/backrpc/src/client.ts b/packages/backrpc/src/client.ts
index ff4443ee49..18ad544f57 100644
--- a/packages/backrpc/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/backrpc/src/client.ts
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ export class BackRPCClient<ClientT extends string = ClientId> {
           case backrpcOperations.responseError: {
             const req = this.requests.get(reqId)
             try {
-              req?.reject(JSON.parse(payload.toString()))
+              const { message, stack } = JSON.parse(payload.toString())
+              req?.reject(new Error(message + '\n' + stack))
             } catch (err: any) {
               console.error(err)
             }
diff --git a/packages/backrpc/src/server.ts b/packages/backrpc/src/server.ts
index 9d91816aed..192bc3e0c2 100644
--- a/packages/backrpc/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/backrpc/src/server.ts
@@ -272,7 +272,8 @@ export class BackRPCServer<ClientT extends string = ClientId> {
             const reqID = reqId.toString()
             const req = this.backRequests.get(reqID)
             try {
-              req?.reject(JSON.parse(payload.toString()))
+              const { message, stack } = JSON.parse(payload.toString())
+              req?.reject(new Error(message + '\n' + stack))
             } catch (err: any) {
               console.error(err)
             }
diff --git a/packages/core/src/network.ts b/packages/core/src/network.ts
index e9e60de816..438c6a2916 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/network.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/network.ts
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ export class NetworkImpl implements Network, NetworkWithClients {
     kind: ContainerKind,
     options: GetOptions
   ): Promise<[ContainerUuid, ContainerEndpointRef]> {
+    console.log('Requesting container', clientUuid, kind, options)
     let client = this._clients.get(clientUuid)
     if (client === undefined) {
       client = { lastSeen: this.tickManager.now(), containers: new Set(), agents: new Set() }