diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index bd8ea2620..346e06790 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3280,6 +3280,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pretty_assertions",
  "serde",
  "simd-json",
+ "thiserror",
  "tokio",
  "tower",
  "tracing",
diff --git a/crates/kitsune-webfinger/Cargo.toml b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/Cargo.toml
index a19572c59..5cf9cfd45 100644
--- a/crates/kitsune-webfinger/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ kitsune-http-client = { path = "../kitsune-http-client" }
 kitsune-type = { path = "../kitsune-type" }
 kitsune-util = { path = "../kitsune-util" }
 serde = { version = "1.0.192", features = ["derive"] }
+thiserror = "1.0.50"
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/error.rs b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c439846df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+pub type Result<T, E = Error> = std::result::Result<T, E>;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Cache(#[from] kitsune_cache::Error),
+
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    HttpClient(#[from] kitsune_http_client::Error),
+}
diff --git a/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/lib.rs b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/lib.rs
index 5ee9a101f..7e49ed9fd 100644
--- a/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/kitsune-webfinger/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ extern crate tracing;
 
 use crate::{consts::USER_AGENT, error::Result};
 use autometrics::autometrics;
-use core::ptr;
 use futures_util::future::{FutureExt, OptionFuture};
 use http::{HeaderValue, StatusCode};
 use kitsune_cache::{ArcCache, CacheBackend, RedisCache};
@@ -11,7 +10,9 @@ use kitsune_http_client::Client;
 use kitsune_type::webfinger::Resource;
 use kitsune_util::try_join;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::{sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+use std::{ptr, sync::Arc, time::Duration};
+
+pub mod error;
 
 const CACHE_DURATION: Duration = Duration::from_secs(10 * 60); // 10 minutes