diff --git a/crates/pixi-build/Cargo.toml b/crates/pixi-build/Cargo.toml
index 192e07f..0872f96 100644
--- a/crates/pixi-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/pixi-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fs-err = { workspace = true }
 indexmap = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
-miette = { workspace = true }
+miette = { workspace = true, features = ["fancy-base"] }
 minijinja = { workspace = true }
 parking_lot = { workspace = true }
 rattler_conda_types = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/pixi-build/src/server.rs b/crates/pixi-build/src/server.rs
index 492bd28..73deee4 100644
--- a/crates/pixi-build/src/server.rs
+++ b/crates/pixi-build/src/server.rs
@@ -140,10 +140,13 @@ fn convert_error(err: miette::Report) -> jsonrpc_core::Error {
     rendered
         .render_report(&mut json_str, err.as_ref())
         .expect("failed to convert error to json");
+
+    let report = format!("{:?}", err);
+
     let data = serde_json::from_str(&json_str).expect("failed to parse json error");
     jsonrpc_core::Error {
         code: jsonrpc_core::ErrorCode::ServerError(-32000),
-        message: err.to_string(),
+        message: report,
         data: Some(data),
     }
 }