diff --git a/src/core/operations/FromQuotedPrintable.mjs b/src/core/operations/FromQuotedPrintable.mjs
index 7dce45b6..4854c150 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/FromQuotedPrintable.mjs
+++ b/src/core/operations/FromQuotedPrintable.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class FromQuotedPrintable extends Operation {
 
         this.name = "From Quoted Printable";
         this.module = "Default";
-        this.description = "Converts QP-encoded text back to standard text.<br><br>e.g. The quoted-printable encoded string <code>hello=20world</code> becomes <code>hello world</code>";
+        this.description = "Converts QP-encoded text back to standard text. This format is a content transfer encoding common in email messages.<br><br>e.g. The quoted-printable encoded string <code>hello=20world</code> becomes <code>hello world</code>";
         this.infoURL = "https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoted-printable";
         this.inputType = "string";
         this.outputType = "byteArray";
diff --git a/src/core/operations/ToQuotedPrintable.mjs b/src/core/operations/ToQuotedPrintable.mjs
index 9db5c5a5..2ea204f9 100644
--- a/src/core/operations/ToQuotedPrintable.mjs
+++ b/src/core/operations/ToQuotedPrintable.mjs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ToQuotedPrintable extends Operation {
 
         this.name = "To Quoted Printable";
         this.module = "Default";
-        this.description = "Quoted-Printable, or QP encoding, is an encoding using printable ASCII characters (alphanumeric and the equals sign '=') to transmit 8-bit data over a 7-bit data path or, generally, over a medium which is not 8-bit clean. It is defined as a MIME content transfer encoding for use in e-mail.<br><br>QP works by using the equals sign '=' as an escape character. It also limits line length to 76, as some software has limits on line length.";
+        this.description = "Quoted-Printable, or QP encoding, is an encoding using printable ASCII characters (alphanumeric and the equals sign '=') to transmit 8-bit data over a 7-bit data path or, generally, over a medium which is not 8-bit clean. It is defined as a MIME content transfer encoding for use in email.<br><br>QP works by using the equals sign '=' as an escape character. It also limits line length to 76, as some software has limits on line length.";
         this.infoURL = "https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Quoted-printable";
         this.inputType = "ArrayBuffer";
         this.outputType = "string";
diff --git a/src/web/workers/DishWorker.mjs b/src/web/workers/DishWorker.mjs
index 4bfb701f..662f3ffc 100644
--- a/src/web/workers/DishWorker.mjs
+++ b/src/web/workers/DishWorker.mjs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
  */
 
 import Dish from "../../core/Dish.mjs";
+import DishError from "../../core/errors/DishError.mjs";
+import { CHR_ENC_SIMPLE_REVERSE_LOOKUP } from "../../core/lib/ChrEnc.mjs";
 import Utils from "../../core/Utils.mjs";
 import cptable from "codepage";
 import loglevelMessagePrefix from "loglevel-message-prefix";
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ async function bufferToStr(data) {
         try {
             str = cptable.utils.decode(data.encoding, new Uint8Array(data.buffer));
         } catch (err) {
-            str = err;
+            str = new DishError(`Error decoding buffer with encoding ${CHR_ENC_SIMPLE_REVERSE_LOOKUP[data.encoding]}: ${err.message}`).toString();
         }
     }