diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d48fa6e3a7..5fc906caba 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
  "rustc-demangle",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1460,6 +1462,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "holochain_core"
 version = "0.0.44-alpha3"
 dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
  "base64 0.10.1",
  "bitflags",
  "boolinator",
@@ -1900,6 +1903,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "holochain_wasm_utils"
 version = "0.0.44-alpha3"
 dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
  "holochain_conductor_lib",
  "holochain_core",
  "holochain_core_types",
@@ -4471,9 +4475,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sized-chunks"
-version = "0.5.2"
+version = "0.5.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "cfebcc1ad7f8439bff83ff95656c83bd9e4e832630bc9bb7c59774d0bc526b92"
+checksum = "d59044ea371ad781ff976f7b06480b9f0180e834eda94114f2afb4afc12b7718"
 dependencies = [
  "bitmaps",
  "typenum",
diff --git a/crates/core/Cargo.toml b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
index 0b427b8d6d..3453bcdfb0 100644
--- a/crates/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ threadpool = "=1.7.1"
 im = { version = "=14.0.0", features = ["serde"] }
 itertools = "0.8.2"
 newrelic = { version = "=0.2.2", optional = true }
+backtrace = { version = "=0.3.27", features = [ "serialize-serde" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 wabt = "=0.7.4"
diff --git a/crates/core_types/Cargo.toml b/crates/core_types/Cargo.toml
index 7f10bcd6ac..14e6b4c776 100644
--- a/crates/core_types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/core_types/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/holochain/holochain-rust"
 futures = "=0.3.2"
 arrayref = "=0.3.5"
 base64 = "=0.10.1"
-backtrace = "=0.3.27"
+backtrace = { version = "=0.3.27", features = [ "serialize-serde" ] }
 chrono = "=0.4.6"
 serde = "=1.0.104"
 serde_derive = "=1.0.104"
diff --git a/crates/core_types/src/bits_n_pieces.rs b/crates/core_types/src/bits_n_pieces.rs
index 4d142a5c1e..b3ae1608b0 100644
--- a/crates/core_types/src/bits_n_pieces.rs
+++ b/crates/core_types/src/bits_n_pieces.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ pub fn u32_high_bits(i: u32) -> u16 {
 
 /// returns the u16 low bits from a u32 by doing a lossy cast
 pub fn u32_low_bits(i: u32) -> u16 {
-    (i as u16)
+    i as u16
 }
 
 /// splits the high and low bits of u32 into a tuple of u16, for destructuring convenience
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ pub fn u64_high_bits(i: u64) -> u32 {
 }
 
 pub fn u64_low_bits(i: u64) -> u32 {
-    (i as u32)
+    i as u32
 }
 
 pub fn u64_split_bits(i: u64) -> (u32, u32) {
diff --git a/crates/core_types/src/error/mod.rs b/crates/core_types/src/error/mod.rs
index 0ca2500451..c6de12fa8c 100644
--- a/crates/core_types/src/error/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core_types/src/error/mod.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use holochain_locksmith::LocksmithError;
 use holochain_persistence_api::{error::PersistenceError, hash::HashString};
 use lib3h_crypto_api::CryptoError;
 
+use backtrace::Backtrace;
 use serde_json::Error as SerdeError;
 use std::{
     error::Error,
@@ -32,13 +33,12 @@ use std::{
 /// and back to the Holochain Instance via wasm memory.
 /// Follows the Error + ErrorKind pattern
 /// Holds extra debugging info for indicating where in code ther error occured.
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, DefaultJson, PartialEq, Eq, Hash)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, DefaultJson)]
 pub struct CoreError {
     pub kind: HolochainError,
     pub file: String,
     pub line: String,
-    // TODO #395 - Add advance error debugging info
-    // pub stack_trace: Backtrace
+    pub backtrace: Backtrace,
 }
 
 // Error trait by using the inner Error
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ impl CoreError {
             kind: hc_err,
             file: String::new(),
             line: String::new(),
+            backtrace: Backtrace::new(),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -80,8 +81,8 @@ impl fmt::Display for CoreError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         write!(
             f,
-            "Holochain Core error: {}\n  --> {}:{}\n",
-            self.kind, self.file, self.line,
+            "Holochain Core error: {}\n  --> {}:{}\nbacktrace: {:?}",
+            self.kind, self.file, self.line, self.backtrace
         )
     }
 }
@@ -435,6 +436,7 @@ mod tests {
             kind: error.clone(),
             file: file!().to_string(),
             line: line!().to_string(),
+            backtrace: Backtrace::new(),
         };
 
         assert_ne!(
@@ -443,6 +445,7 @@ mod tests {
                 kind: error,
                 file: file!().to_string(),
                 line: line!().to_string(),
+                backtrace: Backtrace::new(),
             }
             .to_string(),
         );
diff --git a/crates/wasm_utils/Cargo.toml b/crates/wasm_utils/Cargo.toml
index b918661a71..9dbbd11b66 100644
--- a/crates/wasm_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/wasm_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ holochain_core_types = { version = "=0.0.44-alpha3", path = "../core_types" }
 holochain_json_derive = "=0.0.23"
 holochain_persistence_api = "=0.0.18"
 holochain_json_api = "=0.0.23"
+backtrace = { version = "=0.3.27", features = [ "serialize-serde" ] }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 test_utils = { version = "=0.0.44-alpha3", path = "../../test_utils" }
diff --git a/crates/wasm_utils/src/macros.rs b/crates/wasm_utils/src/macros.rs
index e11704e4b6..fed79d4e70 100644
--- a/crates/wasm_utils/src/macros.rs
+++ b/crates/wasm_utils/src/macros.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ macro_rules! core_error {
             kind: $hc_err,
             file: file!().to_string(),
             line: line!().to_string(),
+            backtrace: backtrace::Backtrace::new(),
         }
     };
 }
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ macro_rules! core_error_generic {
             kind: $crate::holochain_core_types::error::HolochainError::ErrorGeneric($msg),
             file: file!().to_string(),
             line: line!().to_string(),
+            backtrace: backtrace::Backtrace::new(),
         }
     };
 }