diff --git a/Sources/Valkey/Connection/ValkeyChannelHandler.swift b/Sources/Valkey/Connection/ValkeyChannelHandler.swift
index ff3698d0..9207227f 100644
--- a/Sources/Valkey/Connection/ValkeyChannelHandler.swift
+++ b/Sources/Valkey/Connection/ValkeyChannelHandler.swift
@@ -140,10 +140,18 @@ final class ValkeyChannelHandler: ChannelInboundHandler {
     }
 
     func handleToken(context: ChannelHandlerContext, token: RESPToken) {
-        guard let promise = commands.popFirst() else {
-            preconditionFailure("Unexpected response")
+        switch token.identifier {
+        case .simpleError, .bulkError:
+            guard let promise = commands.popFirst() else {
+                preconditionFailure("Unexpected response")
+            }
+            promise.fail(ValkeyClientError(.commandError, message: token.errorString.map { String(buffer: $0) }))
+        default:
+            guard let promise = commands.popFirst() else {
+                preconditionFailure("Unexpected response")
+            }
+            promise.succeed(token)
         }
-        promise.succeed(token)
     }
 
     func handleError(context: ChannelHandlerContext, error: Error) {
diff --git a/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPToken.swift b/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPToken.swift
index 94b382f3..de2344c0 100644
--- a/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPToken.swift
+++ b/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPToken.swift
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public struct RESPToken: Hashable, Sendable {
 
             return .bulkString(local.readSlice(length: length)!)
 
-        case .blobError:
+        case .bulkError:
             var lengthSlice = try! local.readCRLFTerminatedSlice2()!
             let lengthString = lengthSlice.readString(length: lengthSlice.readableBytes)!
             let length = Int(lengthString)!
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ public struct RESPToken: Hashable, Sendable {
         case .simpleError:
             let slice = try! local.readCRLFTerminatedSlice2()!
             return slice
-        case .blobError:
+        case .bulkError:
             var lengthSlice = try! local.readCRLFTerminatedSlice2()!
             let lengthString = lengthSlice.readString(length: lengthSlice.readableBytes)!
             let length = Int(lengthString)!
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ public struct RESPToken: Hashable, Sendable {
         }
     }
 
+    public var identifier: RESPTypeIdentifier {
+        self.base.getValidatedRESP3TypeIdentifier()
+    }
+
     public init?(consuming buffer: inout ByteBuffer) throws {
         try self.init(consuming: &buffer, depth: 0)
     }
@@ -223,7 +227,7 @@ public struct RESPToken: Hashable, Sendable {
 
         case .some(.bulkString),
             .some(.verbatimString),
-            .some(.blobError):
+            .some(.bulkError):
             validated = try buffer.readRESPBlobStringSlice()
 
         case .some(.simpleString),
@@ -260,7 +264,7 @@ public struct RESPToken: Hashable, Sendable {
 }
 
 extension ByteBuffer {
-    fileprivate mutating func getRESP3TypeIdentifier(at index: Int) throws -> RESPTypeIdentifier? {
+    fileprivate func getRESP3TypeIdentifier(at index: Int) throws -> RESPTypeIdentifier? {
         guard let int = self.getInteger(at: index, as: UInt8.self) else {
             return nil
         }
@@ -272,6 +276,11 @@ extension ByteBuffer {
         return id
     }
 
+    fileprivate func getValidatedRESP3TypeIdentifier() -> RESPTypeIdentifier {
+        let int = self.getInteger(at: self.readerIndex, as: UInt8.self)!
+        return RESPTypeIdentifier(rawValue: int)!
+    }
+
     fileprivate mutating func readValidatedRESP3TypeIdentifier() -> RESPTypeIdentifier {
         let int = self.readInteger(as: UInt8.self)!
         return RESPTypeIdentifier(rawValue: int)!
@@ -311,7 +320,7 @@ extension ByteBuffer {
 
     fileprivate mutating func readRESPBlobStringSlice() throws -> ByteBuffer? {
         let marker = try self.getRESP3TypeIdentifier(at: self.readerIndex)!
-        precondition(marker == .bulkString || marker == .verbatimString || marker == .blobError)
+        precondition(marker == .bulkString || marker == .verbatimString || marker == .bulkError)
         guard var lengthSlice = try self.getCRLFTerminatedSlice(at: self.readerIndex + 1) else {
             return nil
         }
diff --git a/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPTypeIdentifier.swift b/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPTypeIdentifier.swift
index 0b45ea22..485d3590 100644
--- a/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPTypeIdentifier.swift
+++ b/Sources/Valkey/RESP/RESPTypeIdentifier.swift
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ public enum RESPTypeIdentifier: UInt8 {
     case simpleString = 43  // UInt8.plus
     case simpleError = 45  // UInt8.min
     case bulkString = 36  // UInt8.dollar
-    case blobError = 33  // UInt8.exclamationMark
+    case bulkError = 33  // UInt8.exclamationMark
     case verbatimString = 61  // UInt8.equals
     case boolean = 35  // UInt8.pound
     case null = 95  // UInt8.underscore
diff --git a/Sources/Valkey/ValkeyClientError.swift b/Sources/Valkey/ValkeyClientError.swift
index 4ca6a74a..953b1115 100644
--- a/Sources/Valkey/ValkeyClientError.swift
+++ b/Sources/Valkey/ValkeyClientError.swift
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
 /// Errors returned by ``ValkeyClient``
-public struct ValkeyClientError: Error, CustomStringConvertible {
+public struct ValkeyClientError: Error, CustomStringConvertible, Equatable {
     public struct ErrorCode: Equatable, Sendable {
         fileprivate enum _Internal: Equatable, Sendable {
             case connectionClosed
diff --git a/Tests/IntegrationTests/ValkeyTests.swift b/Tests/IntegrationTests/ValkeyTests.swift
index 6854dd56..12bdf506 100644
--- a/Tests/IntegrationTests/ValkeyTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/IntegrationTests/ValkeyTests.swift
@@ -171,6 +171,18 @@ struct GeneratedCommands {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test("Test command error is thrown")
+    func testCommandError() async throws {
+        var logger = Logger(label: "Valkey")
+        logger.logLevel = .debug
+        try await ValkeyClient(.hostname(valkeyHostname, port: 6379), logger: logger).withConnection(logger: logger) { connection in
+            try await withKey(connection: connection) { key in
+                _ = try await connection.set(key: key, value: "Hello")
+                await #expect(throws: ValkeyClientError.self) { _ = try await connection.rpop(key: key) }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     func testMultiplexing() async throws {
         var logger = Logger(label: "Valkey")
diff --git a/Tests/ValkeyTests/ValkeyConnectionTests.swift b/Tests/ValkeyTests/ValkeyConnectionTests.swift
index 64b10e73..63065d41 100644
--- a/Tests/ValkeyTests/ValkeyConnectionTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/ValkeyTests/ValkeyConnectionTests.swift
@@ -35,4 +35,42 @@ struct ConnectionTests {
         try await channel.writeInbound(ByteBuffer(string: "$3\r\nBar\r\n"))
         #expect(try await fooResult == "Bar")
     }
+
+    @Test
+    func testSimpleError() async throws {
+        let channel = NIOAsyncTestingChannel()
+        let logger = Logger(label: "test")
+        let connection = try await ValkeyConnection.setupChannel(channel, configuration: .init(), logger: logger)
+
+        async let fooResult = connection.get(key: "foo")
+        _ = try await channel.waitForOutboundWrite(as: ByteBuffer.self)
+
+        try await channel.writeInbound(ByteBuffer(string: "-Error!\r\n"))
+        do {
+            _ = try await fooResult
+            Issue.record()
+        } catch let error as ValkeyClientError {
+            #expect(error.errorCode == .commandError)
+            #expect(error.message == "Error!")
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    func testBulkError() async throws {
+        let channel = NIOAsyncTestingChannel()
+        let logger = Logger(label: "test")
+        let connection = try await ValkeyConnection.setupChannel(channel, configuration: .init(), logger: logger)
+
+        async let fooResult = connection.get(key: "foo")
+        _ = try await channel.waitForOutboundWrite(as: ByteBuffer.self)
+
+        try await channel.writeInbound(ByteBuffer(string: "!10\r\nBulkError!\r\n"))
+        do {
+            _ = try await fooResult
+            Issue.record()
+        } catch let error as ValkeyClientError {
+            #expect(error.errorCode == .commandError)
+            #expect(error.message == "BulkError!")
+        }
+    }
 }