diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2e86af5..2c8a116 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ const ENTITY_VAR_NAME: &str = "entity";
 /// An error that can occur when internal [ScriptingPlugin] systems are being executed
 #[derive(Error, Debug)]
 pub enum ScriptingError {
-    #[error("script runtime error: {0}\nscript backtrace:\n{1}")]
-    RuntimeError(String, String),
+    #[error("script runtime error: {0}")]
+    RuntimeError(String),
     #[error("script compilation error: {0}")]
     CompileError(Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send>),
     #[error("no runtime resource present")]
diff --git a/src/runtimes/lua.rs b/src/runtimes/lua.rs
index d5ff891..59c1217 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/lua.rs
+++ b/src/runtimes/lua.rs
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ impl Runtime for LuaRuntime {
                 .expect("Error clearing entity global variable");
             result
         })
-        .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+        .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
         Ok(LuaScriptData)
     }
 
@@ -236,14 +236,14 @@ impl Runtime for LuaRuntime {
             let func = engine
                 .globals()
                 .get::<_, Function>(name)
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
             let args = args
                 .parse(engine)
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|a| engine.registry_value::<mlua::Value>(&a.0).unwrap());
             let result = func
                 .call::<_, mlua::Value>(Variadic::from_iter(args))
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
             engine
                 .globals()
                 .set(ENTITY_VAR_NAME, mlua::Value::Nil)
@@ -261,13 +261,13 @@ impl Runtime for LuaRuntime {
         self.with_engine(|engine| {
             let val = engine
                 .registry_value::<Function>(&value.0)
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
             let args = args
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|a| engine.registry_value::<mlua::Value>(&a.0).unwrap());
             let result = val
                 .call::<_, mlua::Value>(Variadic::from_iter(args))
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
             Ok(LuaValue::new(engine, result))
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/runtimes/rhai.rs b/src/runtimes/rhai.rs
index c927cbb..6718f95 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/rhai.rs
+++ b/src/runtimes/rhai.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl Runtime for RhaiRuntime {
 
         engine
             .run_ast_with_scope(&mut scope, &ast)
-            .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?;
+            .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?;
 
         scope.remove::<BevyEntity>(ENTITY_VAR_NAME).unwrap();
 
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl Runtime for RhaiRuntime {
         scope.remove::<BevyEntity>(ENTITY_VAR_NAME).unwrap();
         match result {
             Ok(val) => Ok(RhaiValue(val)),
-            Err(e) => Err(ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string())),
+            Err(e) => Err(ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string())),
         }
     }
 
@@ -173,11 +173,11 @@ impl Runtime for RhaiRuntime {
 
         let result = if args.len() == 1 && args.first().unwrap().0.is_unit() {
             f.call_raw(ctx, None, [])
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?
         } else {
             let args = args.into_iter().map(|a| a.0).collect::<Vec<Dynamic>>();
             f.call_raw(ctx, None, args)
-                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string(), "".to_string()))?
+                .map_err(|e| ScriptingError::RuntimeError(e.to_string()))?
         };
 
         Ok(RhaiValue(result))
diff --git a/src/runtimes/ruby.rs b/src/runtimes/ruby.rs
index 4299a0c..f00103d 100644
--- a/src/runtimes/ruby.rs
+++ b/src/runtimes/ruby.rs
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ impl TryConvert for BevyVec3 {
 
 impl From<magnus::Error> for ScriptingError {
     fn from(value: magnus::Error) -> Self {
-        ScriptingError::RuntimeError(
+        ScriptingError::RuntimeError(format!(
+            "error: {}\nbacktrace:\n{}\n",
             value.inspect(),
             value
                 .value()
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ impl From<magnus::Error> for ScriptingError {
                 .to_vec::<String>()
                 .expect("Failed to convert backtrace to vec of strings")
                 .join("\n"),
-        )
+        ))
     }
 }