diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 656b2aac..ae21cbda 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -130,13 +130,7 @@ export const start = async <T extends SettingsDefinitionMap>(
     if (err instanceof ExecutionError) {
       throw err
     }
-    censorLogs(() =>
-      logger.error({
-        name: err.name,
-        stack: err.stack,
-        message: err.message,
-      }),
-    )
+    censorLogs(() => logger.error(err))
   })
 
   if (
diff --git a/src/util/logger.ts b/src/util/logger.ts
index 76269f7c..43d4af20 100644
--- a/src/util/logger.ts
+++ b/src/util/logger.ts
@@ -217,16 +217,21 @@ export const loggingContextMiddleware = (
 // Obj is typed as "any" because it could be a variety of structures in the logger
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
 export function censor(obj: any, censorList: CensorKeyValue[], throwOnError = false) {
+  // Name/message/stack are non-enumerable own properties on Error, so a plain
+  // JSON.stringify would silently drop them; pull them up before serializing.
+  const target =
+    obj instanceof Error ? { ...obj, name: obj.name, message: obj.message, stack: obj.stack } : obj
+
   let stringified: string | undefined
   try {
-    // JSON.stringify(obj) will fail if obj contains a circular reference or a bigint.
-    stringified = JSON.stringify(obj)
+    // JSON.stringify(target) will fail if target contains a circular reference or a bigint.
+    stringified = JSON.stringify(target)
   } catch {
     try {
       // Retry with a bigint-safe replacer in case the failure was due to a bigint value.
       // JSON.stringify with a replacer function is slower, so we only pay that cost when
       // the fast path above actually fails, rather than on every call.
-      stringified = JSON.stringify(obj, (_key, value) => {
+      stringified = JSON.stringify(target, (_key, value) => {
         return typeof value === 'bigint' ? value.toString() : value
       })
     } catch (e) {
diff --git a/test/logger.test.ts b/test/logger.test.ts
index f3fc5913..2cd712d7 100644
--- a/test/logger.test.ts
+++ b/test/logger.test.ts
@@ -129,3 +129,19 @@ test('properly handle nested bigint values', async (t) => {
   const log = censor({ apiKey: 'mock-api-key', tx: { gasLimit: 21000n } }, CensorList.getAll())
   t.deepEqual(log, { apiKey: '[API_KEY REDACTED]', tx: { gasLimit: '21000' } })
 })
+
+test('properly surfaces message/stack when given an Error', async (t) => {
+  const error = new Error('mock-api-key failure')
+  const log = censor(error, CensorList.getAll())
+  t.is(log.name, 'Error')
+  t.is(log.message, '[API_KEY REDACTED] failure')
+  t.truthy(log.stack)
+})
+
+test('properly surfaces custom enumerable properties alongside message/stack', async (t) => {
+  const error = Object.assign(new Error('boom'), { code: 'CALL_EXCEPTION' })
+  const log = censor(error, CensorList.getAll())
+  t.is(log.message, 'boom')
+  t.is(log.code, 'CALL_EXCEPTION')
+  t.truthy(log.stack)
+})