diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/agent/react/agent_manager.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/agent/react/agent_manager.py
index 24282031..82e73555 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/agent/react/agent_manager.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/agent/react/agent_manager.py
@@ -261,7 +261,8 @@ class AgentManager:
                 **act.arguments
             )
 
-            resp = resp.strip()
+            if isinstance(resp, str):
+                resp = resp.strip()
 
             logger.info(f"resp: {resp}")
 
diff --git a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
index f26cf80f..af2679e2 100644
--- a/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
+++ b/trustgraph-flow/trustgraph/extract/kg/agent/extract.py
@@ -146,7 +146,10 @@ class Processor(FlowProcessor):
                 print("Done?", response.answer is not None, flush=True)
 
                 if response.error is not None:
-                    raise RuntimeError(response.error)
+                    if response.error.message:
+                        raise RuntimeError(str(response.error.message))
+                    else:
+                        raise RuntimeError(str(response.error))
 
                 if response.answer is not None:
                     return True