diff --git a/packages/graph-explorer-proxy-server/src/error-handler.ts b/packages/graph-explorer-proxy-server/src/error-handler.ts
index 9c779959e..825c3c161 100644
--- a/packages/graph-explorer-proxy-server/src/error-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/graph-explorer-proxy-server/src/error-handler.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function extractErrorInfo(error: unknown) {
   if (error instanceof Error) {
     return {
       status: 500,
-      message: error.message || defaultErrorMessage,
+      message: defaultErrorMessage,
     };
   }