diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 96ee7e6..d9d88fd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    leopard (0.1.7)
+    leopard (0.2.2)
       concurrent-ruby (~> 1.1)
       dry-configurable (~> 1.3)
       dry-monads (~> 1.9)
diff --git a/lib/leopard/errors.rb b/lib/leopard/errors.rb
index a66b24c..985a373 100644
--- a/lib/leopard/errors.rb
+++ b/lib/leopard/errors.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,24 @@
 
 module Rubyists
   module Leopard
-    class Error < StandardError; end
+    class LeopardError < StandardError
+      def initialize(...)
+        super
+        set_backtrace(caller)
+      end
+
+      def backtrace
+        # If the backtrace is nil, return an empty array
+        orig = (super || [])[0..3]
+        # If the backtrace is less than 4 lines, return it as is
+        return orig if orig.size < 4
+
+        # Otherwise, add a note indicating truncation
+        orig + ['... (truncated by Leopard)']
+      end
+    end
+
+    class Error < LeopardError; end
     class ConfigurationError < Error; end
     class ResultError < Error; end
   end
diff --git a/test/lib/errors.rb b/test/lib/errors.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f772f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/lib/errors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'helper'
+require 'leopard/errors'
+
+describe 'Rubyists::Leopard::Errors' do
+  def level1
+    level2
+  end
+
+  def level2
+    level3
+  end
+
+  def level3
+    raise Rubyists::Leopard::Error, 'Error boom'
+  end
+
+  it 'truncates backtrace to 5 items' do
+    err = assert_raises(Rubyists::Leopard::Error) { level1 }
+
+    bt = err.backtrace
+
+    assert_equal 5, bt.count
+    assert_equal '... (truncated by Leopard)', bt.last
+    refute(bt.any? { |line| line.include?("in 'level1'") })
+  end
+end