diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/extract-status.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/extract-status.ts
index a42f17fa..ce58a342 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/extract-status.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/extract-status.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ export async function extractStatusController(
     success: true,
     data: data,
     status: extract.status,
+    error: extract?.error ?? undefined,
     expiresAt: (await getExtractExpiry(req.params.jobId)).toISOString(),
   });
 }
diff --git a/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extract-redis.ts b/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extract-redis.ts
index 2d9410f9..f4ed0369 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extract-redis.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/lib/extract/extract-redis.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ export type StoredExtract = {
   plan?: string;
   createdAt: number;
   status: "processing" | "completed" | "failed" | "cancelled";
+  error?: any;
 };
 
 export async function saveExtract(id: string, extract: StoredExtract) {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
index 96fad2d2..180bef10 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/services/queue-worker.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import { Document } from "../controllers/v1/types";
 import { performExtraction } from "../lib/extract/extraction-service";
 import { supabase_service } from "../services/supabase";
 import { normalizeUrl, normalizeUrlOnlyHostname } from "../lib/canonical-url";
+import { saveExtract, updateExtract } from "../lib/extract/extract-redis";
 
 configDotenv();
 
@@ -351,6 +352,11 @@ const processExtractJobInternal = async (token: string, job: Job & { id: string
     
     // Move job to failed state in Redis
     await job.moveToFailed(error, token, false);
+
+    await updateExtract(job.data.extractId, {
+      status: "failed",
+      error: error.error ?? error ?? "Unknown error, please contact help@firecrawl.dev. Extract id: " + job.data.extractId,
+    });
     // throw error;
   } finally {