diff --git a/packages/backend/src/errors/base.ts b/packages/backend/src/errors/base.ts
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+++ b/packages/backend/src/errors/base.ts
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+import { IJSONObject } from '@automatisch/types';
+
+export default class BaseError extends Error {
+  error = {};
+
+  constructor(error?: string | IJSONObject) {
+    super();
+
+    try {
+      this.error = JSON.parse(error as string);
+    } catch {
+      this.error = typeof error === 'string' ? { error } : error;
+    }
+
+    this.name = this.constructor.name;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/errors/early-exit.ts b/packages/backend/src/errors/early-exit.ts
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index 00000000..c0d92d2c
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+++ b/packages/backend/src/errors/early-exit.ts
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+import BaseError from './base';
+
+export default class EarlyExitError extends BaseError {}