diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/FunctionChart.tsx b/packages/components/src/components/FunctionChart.tsx
index 05e4d393..73378cd8 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/FunctionChart.tsx
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/FunctionChart.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import * as React from "react";
-import { lambdaValue, environment, runForeign } from "@quri/squiggle-lang";
+import {
+  lambdaValue,
+  environment,
+  runForeign,
+  errorValueToString,
+} from "@quri/squiggle-lang";
 import { FunctionChart1Dist } from "./FunctionChart1Dist";
 import { FunctionChart1Number } from "./FunctionChart1Number";
 import { DistributionPlottingSettings } from "./DistributionChart";
@@ -45,10 +50,16 @@ export const FunctionChart: React.FC<FunctionChartProps> = ({
     }
   };
   const validResult = getValidResult();
-  const resultType =
-    validResult.tag === "Ok" ? validResult.value.tag : ("Error" as const);
 
-  switch (resultType) {
+  if (validResult.tag === "Error") {
+    return (
+      <ErrorAlert heading="Error">
+        {errorValueToString(validResult.value)}
+      </ErrorAlert>
+    );
+  }
+
+  switch (validResult.value.tag) {
     case "distribution":
       return (
         <FunctionChart1Dist
@@ -68,15 +79,11 @@ export const FunctionChart: React.FC<FunctionChartProps> = ({
           height={height}
         />
       );
-    case "Error":
-      return (
-        <ErrorAlert heading="Error">The function failed to be run</ErrorAlert>
-      );
     default:
       return (
         <MessageAlert heading="Function Display Not Supported">
           There is no function visualization for this type of output:{" "}
-          <span className="font-bold">{resultType}</span>
+          <span className="font-bold">{validResult.value.tag}</span>
         </MessageAlert>
       );
   }