diff --git a/lib/core/errors.nom b/lib/core/errors.nom
index e1dd9d4..b1f1941 100644
--- a/lib/core/errors.nom
+++ b/lib/core/errors.nom
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use "core/control_flow"
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
 (fail $msg) compiles to ("
-    at_1_fail(\(quote (this tree).source), 'Failure: \(
-        "'..\($msg as lua expr)" if $msg else "A failure was triggered here'"
-    ))
+    at_1_fail(\(quote (this tree).source),
+        \(($msg as lua expr) if $msg else (quote "A failure was triggered here'"))
+    )
 ")
 
 (assume $condition) compiles to:
diff --git a/nomsu_compiler.lua b/nomsu_compiler.lua
index d04c71f..0cedd50 100644
--- a/nomsu_compiler.lua
+++ b/nomsu_compiler.lua
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ fail_at = function(source, msg)
   end
   local title, err_msg, hint = msg:match("([^:]*):[ \n]+(.*)[ \n]+Hint: (.*)")
   if not err_msg then
-    err_msg, hint = msg:match("*(.*)[ \n]+Hint:[ \n]+(.*)")
-    title = "Error"
+    err_msg, hint = msg:match("(.*)[ \n]+Hint:[ \n]+(.*)")
+    title = "Failure"
   end
   if not err_msg then
     title, err_msg = msg:match("([^:]*):[ \n]+(.*)")
   end
   if not err_msg then
     err_msg = msg
-    title = "Error"
+    title = "Failure"
   end
   local err_str = pretty_error({
     title = title,
diff --git a/nomsu_compiler.moon b/nomsu_compiler.moon
index 068173e..3993490 100644
--- a/nomsu_compiler.moon
+++ b/nomsu_compiler.moon
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ fail_at = (source, msg)->
 
     title, err_msg, hint = msg\match("([^:]*):[ \n]+(.*)[ \n]+Hint: (.*)")
     if not err_msg
-        err_msg, hint = msg\match("*(.*)[ \n]+Hint:[ \n]+(.*)")
-        title = "Error"
+        err_msg, hint = msg\match("(.*)[ \n]+Hint:[ \n]+(.*)")
+        title = "Failure"
     if not err_msg
         title, err_msg = msg\match("([^:]*):[ \n]+(.*)")
     if not err_msg
         err_msg = msg
-        title = "Error"
+        title = "Failure"
 
     err_str = pretty_error{
         title: title,