diff --git a/frontend/src/gradio.jsx b/frontend/src/gradio.jsx
index 62469bfe43..13067785f2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/gradio.jsx
+++ b/frontend/src/gradio.jsx
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ export class GradioInterface extends React.Component {
     this.props
       .fn(input_state, "predict", this.queueCallback)
       .then((output) => {
+        if (output["error"] != null) {
+          console.error("Error:", output["error"]);
+        }
         if (!this.pending_response) {
           return;
         }
diff --git a/gradio/networking.py b/gradio/networking.py
index 8fa0cf521a..89f383fdf5 100644
--- a/gradio/networking.py
+++ b/gradio/networking.py
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@ def predict():
     if app.interface.show_error:
         try:
             prediction, durations = app.interface.process(raw_input)
-        except BaseException:
+        except BaseException as error:
             traceback.print_exc()
-            return jsonify({"error": traceback.format_exc()}), 500
+            return jsonify({"error": str(error)}), 500
     else:
         prediction, durations = app.interface.process(raw_input)
     avg_durations = []