diff --git a/src/bake/client/overlay.ts b/src/bake/client/overlay.ts
index 61d23d1ae5..9b6292ae46 100644
--- a/src/bake/client/overlay.ts
+++ b/src/bake/client/overlay.ts
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ function updateRuntimeErrorOverlay(err: RuntimeError) {
     elem("div", { class: "message-desc error" }, [
       elemText("code", { class: "name" }, name),
       elemText("code", { class: "muted" }, ": "),
-      elemText("code", {}, err.message),
+      elemText("pre", {}, err.message.trim()),
     ]),
   );
   const { code } = err;