diff --git a/acrate-hostmeta/Cargo.toml b/acrate-hostmeta/Cargo.toml
index bda02e5..14f9f1d 100644
--- a/acrate-hostmeta/Cargo.toml
+++ b/acrate-hostmeta/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ quick-xml = { version = "0.37.0", features = ["overlapped-lists", "serialize"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12.9", features = ["json", "stream"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.214", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.132"
+thiserror = "2.0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 pretty_env_logger = "0.5.0"
diff --git a/acrate-hostmeta/src/lib.rs b/acrate-hostmeta/src/lib.rs
index 57ecd2b..6c61044 100644
--- a/acrate-hostmeta/src/lib.rs
+++ b/acrate-hostmeta/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
 use serde::Deserialize;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 /// A resource descriptor object.
 /// 
@@ -477,19 +478,22 @@ impl ResourceDescriptor {
 }
 
 /// Error occurred during [`ResourceDescriptor::discover`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum ResourceDescriptorDiscoveryError {
 	/// Manipulation of the provided base [`reqwest::Url`] failed.
 	/// 
 	/// See [reqwest::Url::set_scheme] for possible causes.
+	#[error("manipulation of the provided URL failed")]
 	UrlManipulation(()),
 
 	/// All attempts of fetching a resource descriptor document failed.
+	#[error("fetchign the resource descriptor document failed")]
 	Fetch(ResourceDescriptorDiscoveryFailures),
 }
 
 /// Request errors occurred during [`ResourceDescriptor::discover`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[error("all attempts of fetching the resource descriptor document failed")]
 pub struct ResourceDescriptorDiscoveryFailures {
 	/// HTTPS XRD retrieval.
 	pub https_xrd: GetXRDError,
@@ -511,30 +515,46 @@ pub struct ResourceDescriptorDiscoveryFailures {
 }
 
 /// Error occurred during [`ResourceDescriptor::get_xrd`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum GetXRDError {
 	/// The HTTP request failed.
+	#[error("the HTTP request failed")]
 	Request(reqwest::Error),
+
 	/// The `Content-Type` header of the response is missing.
+	#[error("the Content-Type header of the response is missing")]
 	ContentTypeMissing,
+	
 	/// The `Content-Type` header of the response is invalid.
+	#[error("the Content-Type header of the response is invalid")]
 	ContentTypeInvalid,
-	/// The document failed to be read as text.
+
+	/// The document failed to be decoded as text.
+	#[error("the document failed to be decoded as text")]
 	Decode(reqwest::Error),
+
 	/// The document failed to be parsed as XML by [`quick_xml`].
+	#[error("the document failed to be parsed as XML")]
 	Parse(quick_xml::DeError),
 }
 
 /// Error occurred during [`ResourceDescriptor::get_jrd`].
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum GetJRDError {
 	/// The HTTP request failed.
+	#[error("the HTTP request failed")]
 	Request(reqwest::Error),
+
 	/// The `Content-Type` header of the response is missing.
+	#[error("the Content-Type header of the response is missing")]
 	ContentTypeMissing,
+
 	/// The `Content-Type` header of the response is invalid.
+	#[error("the Content-Type header of the response is invalid")]
 	ContentTypeInvalid,
+
 	/// The document failed to be parsed as JSON by [`reqwest`].
+	#[error("the document failed to be parsed as JSON")]
 	Parse(reqwest::Error),
 }