diff --git a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaRuntimeClient+ChannelHandler.swift b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaRuntimeClient+ChannelHandler.swift
index 2b66ee87..ed0a8733 100644
--- a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaRuntimeClient+ChannelHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/LambdaRuntimeClient+ChannelHandler.swift
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ internal final class LambdaChannelHandler<Delegate: LambdaChannelHandlerDelegate
             self.reusableErrorBuffer!.clear()
         }
 
-        let errorResponse = ErrorResponse(errorType: Consts.functionError, errorMessage: "\(error)")
+        let errorResponse = ErrorResponse(errorType: "\(type(of: error))", errorMessage: "\(error)")
         // TODO: Write this directly into our ByteBuffer
         let bytes = errorResponse.toJSONBytes()
         self.reusableErrorBuffer!.writeBytes(bytes)
diff --git a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/Utils.swift b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/Utils.swift
index f38e25c6..ec9945f0 100644
--- a/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/Utils.swift
+++ b/Sources/AWSLambdaRuntime/Utils.swift
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ enum Consts {
     static let postResponseURLSuffix = "/response"
     static let postErrorURLSuffix = "/error"
     static let postInitErrorURL = "\(apiPrefix)/runtime/init/error"
-    static let functionError = "FunctionError"
     static let initializationError = "InitializationError"
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
index a5b22471..2ba38496 100644
--- a/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/AWSLambdaRuntimeTests/LambdaRuntimeClientTests.swift
@@ -330,4 +330,78 @@ struct LambdaRuntimeClientTests {
             }
         }
     }
+
+    @Test(
+        "reportError() sends the correct errorType for different Error types"
+    )
+    @available(LambdaSwift 2.0, *)
+    func testReportErrorReturnsProperErrorType() async throws {
+        // Custom error types for testing
+        struct MyCustomError: Error {
+            let message: String
+        }
+
+        enum MyEnumError: Error {
+            case anotherCase(String)
+        }
+
+        struct ErrorReportingBehavior: LambdaServerBehavior {
+            let requestId = UUID().uuidString
+            let event = "error-testing"
+            let expectedErrorType: String
+
+            func getInvocation() -> GetInvocationResult {
+                .success((self.requestId, self.event))
+            }
+
+            func processResponse(requestId: String, response: String?) -> Result<String?, ProcessResponseError> {
+                Issue.record("should not process response, expecting error report")
+                return .failure(.internalServerError)
+            }
+
+            func processError(requestId: String, error: ErrorResponse) -> Result<Void, ProcessErrorError> {
+                #expect(self.requestId == requestId)
+                #expect(
+                    error.errorType == self.expectedErrorType,
+                    "Expected errorType '\(self.expectedErrorType)' but got '\(error.errorType)'"
+                )
+                return .success(())
+            }
+
+            func processInitError(error: ErrorResponse) -> Result<Void, ProcessErrorError> {
+                Issue.record("should not report init error")
+                return .failure(.internalServerError)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Test with MyCustomError
+        try await withMockServer(behaviour: ErrorReportingBehavior(expectedErrorType: "MyCustomError")) { port in
+            let configuration = LambdaRuntimeClient.Configuration(ip: "127.0.0.1", port: port)
+
+            try await LambdaRuntimeClient.withRuntimeClient(
+                configuration: configuration,
+                eventLoop: NIOSingletons.posixEventLoopGroup.next(),
+                logger: self.logger
+            ) { runtimeClient in
+                let (_, writer) = try await runtimeClient.nextInvocation()
+                let error = MyCustomError(message: "Something went wrong")
+                try await writer.reportError(error)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Test with MyEnumError
+        try await withMockServer(behaviour: ErrorReportingBehavior(expectedErrorType: "MyEnumError")) { port in
+            let configuration = LambdaRuntimeClient.Configuration(ip: "127.0.0.1", port: port)
+
+            try await LambdaRuntimeClient.withRuntimeClient(
+                configuration: configuration,
+                eventLoop: NIOSingletons.posixEventLoopGroup.next(),
+                logger: self.logger
+            ) { runtimeClient in
+                let (_, writer) = try await runtimeClient.nextInvocation()
+                let error = MyEnumError.anotherCase("test")
+                try await writer.reportError(error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }