diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0397190..93d9d05 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@cerc-io/laconic-sdk",
-  "version": "0.1.15",
+  "version": "0.1.16",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
   "repository": "git@github.com:cerc-io/laconic-sdk.git",
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 352fa40..1816ebd 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ import {
 
 export const DEFAULT_CHAIN_ID = 'laconic_9000-1';
 
-const DEFAULT_WRITE_ERROR = 'Unable to write to laconicd.';
+const DEFAULT_WRITE_ERROR = 'Unable to write to laconicd';
 
 // Parse Tx response from cosmos-sdk.
 export const parseTxResponse = (result: any, parseResponse?: (data: string) => any) => {
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ export class Registry {
       console.error(error)
     }
 
-    return errorMessage || DEFAULT_WRITE_ERROR;
+    const [lastErrorLine] = error.split("\n").slice(-1);
+    return `${errorMessage || DEFAULT_WRITE_ERROR}: ${lastErrorLine}`;
   }
 
   constructor(gqlUrl: string, restUrl: string = "", chainId: string = DEFAULT_CHAIN_ID) {
diff --git a/src/messages/registry.ts b/src/messages/registry.ts
index 4e42a33..9ed3a3d 100644
--- a/src/messages/registry.ts
+++ b/src/messages/registry.ts
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ export const parseMsgSetRecordResponse = (data: string) => {
 }
 
 export const NAMESERVICE_ERRORS = [
-  'Name already reserved.',
-  'Authority bond not found.',
-  'Name authority not found.',
-  'Access denied.',
+  'Name already reserved',
+  'Authority bond not found',
+  'Name authority not found',
+  'Access denied',
 ]
 
 export interface MessageMsgReserveAuthority {