diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/errors.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/errors.rs
index ce8b2239534..fae46fdd261 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/errors.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use litellm_core::error::Error;
 use pyo3::exceptions::{PyRuntimeError, PyValueError};
 use pyo3::prelude::*;
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
 
 pyo3::create_exception!(
     _native,
@@ -28,6 +29,21 @@ pub(crate) enum BridgeError {
     Host(PyErr),
 }
 
+impl Display for BridgeError {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::InvalidArgument(message) | Self::Declined(message) | Self::Internal(message) => {
+                formatter.write_str(message)
+            }
+            Self::Upstream { status, message } => match status {
+                Some(status) => write!(formatter, "{status}: {message}"),
+                None => formatter.write_str(message),
+            },
+            Self::Host(error) => Display::fmt(error, formatter),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<BridgeError> for PyErr {
     fn from(error: BridgeError) -> Self {
         match error {
diff --git a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/ocr.rs b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/ocr.rs
index ea146b2e67a..61818d99179 100644
--- a/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/ocr.rs
+++ b/litellm-rust/crates/python-bridge/src/routes/ocr.rs
@@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ fn prepare_ocr(
     })
 }
 
+fn identity_bridge_error(error: BridgeError) -> BridgeError {
+    error
+}
+
 bridge_route! {
     sync = ocr,
     asynchronous = aocr,
@@ -159,7 +163,7 @@ bridge_route! {
         call_completion: Option<Py<PyAny>>,
     },
     prepare = prepare_ocr,
-    errors = std::convert::identity,
+    errors = identity_bridge_error,
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]