diff --git a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/RoutingErrorResponse.scala b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/RoutingErrorResponse.scala
deleted file mode 100644
index b1dfd830..00000000
--- a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/RoutingErrorResponse.scala
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-package de.innfactory.smithy4play
-
-import play.api.libs.json.Json
-
-case class RoutingErrorResponse(message: String, errorCode: Option[String], additionalInformation: Option[String])
-
-object RoutingErrorResponse {
-  implicit val format = Json.format[RoutingErrorResponse]
-}
diff --git a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/SmithyPlayEndpoint.scala b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/SmithyPlayEndpoint.scala
index 4eb6d46d..62309eb7 100644
--- a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/SmithyPlayEndpoint.scala
+++ b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/SmithyPlayEndpoint.scala
@@ -180,11 +180,7 @@ class SmithyPlayEndpoint[Alg[_[_, _, _, _, _]], F[_] <: ContextRoute[_], Op[
     )
 
   def handleFailure(error: ContextRouteError): Result =
-    Results.Status(error.statusCode)(
-      Json.toJson(
-        RoutingErrorResponse(error.message, error.additionalInfoErrorCode, error.additionalInformation)
-      )
-    )
+    Results.Status(error.statusCode)(error.toJson)
 
   private def handleSuccess(output: O, code: Int): Result = {
     val outputMetadata                  = outputMetadataEncoder.encode(output)
diff --git a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/client/SmithyPlayTestUtils.scala b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/client/SmithyPlayTestUtils.scala
index 02b101ff..2bd04165 100644
--- a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/client/SmithyPlayTestUtils.scala
+++ b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/client/SmithyPlayTestUtils.scala
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package de.innfactory.smithy4play.client
 
-import de.innfactory.smithy4play.{ logger, ClientResponse, RoutingErrorResponse }
-import play.api.libs.json.Json
+import de.innfactory.smithy4play.{ logger, ClientResponse }
+import play.api.libs.json.{ Json, Reads }
 
 import scala.concurrent.duration.{ Duration, DurationInt }
 import scala.concurrent.{ Await, ExecutionContext }
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ object SmithyPlayTestUtils {
   }
 
   implicit class EnhancedSmithyPlayClientEndpointErrorResponse(errorResponse: SmithyPlayClientEndpointErrorResponse) {
-    def toErrorResponse: RoutingErrorResponse = errorResponse.error.toErrorResponse
+    def toErrorResponse[T](implicit reads: Reads[T]): T = errorResponse.error.toErrorResponse
   }
 
   implicit class EnhancedByteArray(error: Array[Byte]) {
-    def toErrorString: String                 = new String(error)
-    def toErrorResponse: RoutingErrorResponse = Json.parse(error).as[RoutingErrorResponse]
+    def toErrorString: String                           = new String(error)
+    def toErrorResponse[T](implicit reads: Reads[T]): T = Json.parse(error).as[T]
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/package.scala b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/package.scala
index f24bf858..c58bb64d 100644
--- a/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/package.scala
+++ b/smithy4play/src/main/scala/de/innfactory/smithy4play/package.scala
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import cats.data.{ EitherT, Kleisli }
 import de.innfactory.smithy4play.client.{ SmithyPlayClientEndpointErrorResponse, SmithyPlayClientEndpointResponse }
 import org.slf4j
 import play.api.Logger
+import play.api.libs.json.{ JsValue, Json }
 import play.api.mvc.{ Headers, RequestHeader }
 import smithy4s.http.{ CaseInsensitive, HttpEndpoint, PayloadError }
 
@@ -15,10 +16,8 @@ package object smithy4play {
 
   trait ContextRouteError {
     def message: String
-    def additionalInfoToLog: Option[String]
-    def additionalInformation: Option[String]
-    def additionalInfoErrorCode: Option[String]
     def statusCode: Int
+    def toJson: JsValue
   }
 
   type ClientResponse[O]                      = Future[Either[SmithyPlayClientEndpointErrorResponse, SmithyPlayClientEndpointResponse[O]]]
@@ -32,9 +31,11 @@ package object smithy4play {
     statusCode: Int,
     additionalInformation: Option[String] = None
   ) extends ContextRouteError {
-    override def additionalInfoToLog: Option[String] = None
+    override def toJson: JsValue = Json.toJson(this)(Smithy4PlayError.format)
+  }
 
-    override def additionalInfoErrorCode: Option[String] = None
+  object Smithy4PlayError {
+    implicit val format = Json.format[Smithy4PlayError]
   }
 
   private[smithy4play] val logger: slf4j.Logger = Logger("smithy4play").logger
diff --git a/smithy4playTest/app/controller/TestController.scala b/smithy4playTest/app/controller/TestController.scala
index fe493235..ec5c70dd 100644
--- a/smithy4playTest/app/controller/TestController.scala
+++ b/smithy4playTest/app/controller/TestController.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package controller
 
 import cats.data.{ EitherT, Kleisli }
+import controller.models.TestError
 import de.innfactory.smithy4play.{ AutoRouting, ContextRoute, ContextRouteError }
 import play.api.mvc.ControllerComponents
 import smithy4s.ByteArray
@@ -45,17 +46,7 @@ class TestController @Inject() (implicit
   }
 
   override def testThatReturnsError(): ContextRoute[Unit] = Kleisli { rc =>
-    EitherT.leftT[Future, Unit](new ContextRouteError {
-      override def message: String = "this is supposed to fail"
-
-      override def additionalInfoToLog: Option[String] = None
-
-      override def additionalInfoErrorCode: Option[String] = None
-
-      override def additionalInformation: Option[String] = None
-
-      override def statusCode: Int = 500
-    })
+    EitherT.leftT[Future, Unit](TestError("this is supposed to fail"))
   }
 
   override def testAuth(): ContextRoute[Unit] = Kleisli { rc =>
diff --git a/smithy4playTest/app/controller/models/TestError.scala b/smithy4playTest/app/controller/models/TestError.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3cb66c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smithy4playTest/app/controller/models/TestError.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package controller.models
+
+import de.innfactory.smithy4play.ContextRouteError
+import play.api.libs.json.{ JsValue, Json }
+
+case class TestError(
+  message: String
+) extends ContextRouteError {
+  override def statusCode: Int = 500
+  override def toJson: JsValue = Json.toJson(this)(TestError.format)
+}
+
+object TestError {
+  implicit val format = Json.format[TestError]
+}
diff --git a/smithy4playTest/test/TestControllerTest.scala b/smithy4playTest/test/TestControllerTest.scala
index df773f24..a5905562 100644
--- a/smithy4playTest/test/TestControllerTest.scala
+++ b/smithy4playTest/test/TestControllerTest.scala
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import controller.models.TestError
 import de.innfactory.smithy4play.client.GenericAPIClient.EnhancedGenericAPIClient
 import de.innfactory.smithy4play.client.{ RequestClient, SmithyClientResponse }
 import de.innfactory.smithy4play.client.SmithyPlayTestUtils._
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ class TestControllerTest extends PlaySpec with BaseOneAppPerSuite with FakeAppli
     "route to error Endpoint" in {
       val result = genericClient.testThatReturnsError().awaitLeft
 
-      result.toErrorResponse.message must include("fail")
+      result.toErrorResponse[TestError].message must include("fail")
       result.statusCode mustBe 500
     }