diff --git a/subxt/src/error/mod.rs b/subxt/src/error/mod.rs
index 70685f1a31..51bfc3f82e 100644
--- a/subxt/src/error/mod.rs
+++ b/subxt/src/error/mod.rs
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     #[error("Metadata: {0}")]
     MetadataDecoding(#[from] MetadataTryFromError),
     /// Runtime error.
-    #[error("Runtime error: {0:?}")]
-    Runtime(#[from] DispatchError),
+    #[error("Runtime error: {}", .0.to_string())]
+    Runtime(DispatchError),
     /// Error decoding to a [`crate::dynamic::Value`].
     #[error("Error decoding into dynamic value: {0}")]
     Decode(#[from] DecodeError),
diff --git a/subxt/src/tx/tx_progress.rs b/subxt/src/tx/tx_progress.rs
index 97aa77e8c3..e5eaf3fbd1 100644
--- a/subxt/src/tx/tx_progress.rs
+++ b/subxt/src/tx/tx_progress.rs
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ impl<T: Config, C: OnlineClientT<T>> TxInBlock<T, C> {
             if ev.pallet_name() == "System" && ev.variant_name() == "ExtrinsicFailed" {
                 let dispatch_error =
                     DispatchError::decode_from(ev.field_bytes(), self.client.metadata())?;
-                return Err(dispatch_error.into());
+                return Err(Error::Runtime(dispatch_error));
             }
         }