diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 290d3bf..1bd194e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,9 +51,9 @@ This will output:
 
 ```
 $ bundle exec methodray check app/models/user.rb
-app/models/user.rb:4:15: error: undefined method `abs` for String
+app/models/user.rb:4:19: error: undefined method `abs` for String
        message = name.abs
-                 ^
+                     ^
 ```
 
 ## Contributing
diff --git a/rust/src/analyzer/dispatch.rs b/rust/src/analyzer/dispatch.rs
index 7b455a4..7007d95 100644
--- a/rust/src/analyzer/dispatch.rs
+++ b/rust/src/analyzer/dispatch.rs
@@ -93,8 +93,12 @@ pub fn dispatch_needs_child<'a>(node: &Node<'a>, source: &str) -> Option<NeedsCh
     if let Some(call_node) = node.as_call_node() {
         if let Some(receiver) = call_node.receiver() {
             let method_name = String::from_utf8_lossy(call_node.name().as_slice()).to_string();
+            // Use call_operator_loc (.) for error position, fallback to node location
+            let prism_location = call_node
+                .call_operator_loc()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|| node.location());
             let location =
-                SourceLocation::from_prism_location_with_source(&node.location(), source);
+                SourceLocation::from_prism_location_with_source(&prism_location, source);
 
             // Get block if present (e.g., `x.each { |i| ... }`)
             let block = call_node.block();
diff --git a/rust/src/analyzer/tests/integration_test.rs b/rust/src/analyzer/tests/integration_test.rs
index f31c5ab..f415f8d 100644
--- a/rust/src/analyzer/tests/integration_test.rs
+++ b/rust/src/analyzer/tests/integration_test.rs
@@ -731,3 +731,48 @@ fn test_hash_nested() {
         "Hash[Symbol, Array[Integer]]"
     );
 }
+
+// ============================================
+// Error Location Tests
+// ============================================
+
+#[test]
+fn test_error_location_points_to_dot() {
+    // Test that error location points to the dot operator, not the receiver
+    // "name.abs" - error should point to column 5 (the `.`)
+    let source = "name = \"x\"\nname.abs";
+
+    let (genv, _lenv) = analyze(source);
+
+    assert_eq!(genv.type_errors.len(), 1);
+    let error = &genv.type_errors[0];
+
+    // Location should be present
+    assert!(error.location.is_some());
+    let loc = error.location.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+    // Line 2, column 5 (1-indexed) - the dot position
+    assert_eq!(loc.line, 2);
+    assert_eq!(loc.column, 5); // "name" is 4 chars, "." is at column 5
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_error_location_method_chain() {
+    // Test error location in method chain: "x.upcase.foo"
+    // Error should point to the second dot (for undefined method `foo`)
+    let source = "x = \"hello\"\ny = x.upcase.foo";
+
+    let (genv, _lenv) = analyze(source);
+
+    assert_eq!(genv.type_errors.len(), 1);
+    let error = &genv.type_errors[0];
+    assert_eq!(error.method_name, "foo");
+
+    assert!(error.location.is_some());
+    let loc = error.location.as_ref().unwrap();
+
+    // Line 2, the second dot position
+    assert_eq!(loc.line, 2);
+    // "y = x.upcase" is 12 chars, "." is at column 13
+    assert_eq!(loc.column, 13);
+}