diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 8037d17..2014476 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 //! Error types to wrap internal errors and make EPP errors easier to read
 
-use crate::response::ResponseStatus;
+use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::fmt::Display;
 
+use crate::response::ResponseStatus;
+
 /// Error enum holding the possible error types
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
     Io(std::io::Error),
     Command(ResponseStatus),
-    Deserialize(String),
+    Xml(Box<dyn StdError>),
     Other(String),
 }
 
diff --git a/src/request.rs b/src/request.rs
index 8d49cad..00128ae 100644
--- a/src/request.rs
+++ b/src/request.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ pub trait Transaction<Ext: Extension>: Command + Sized {
         &self,
         extension: Option<&Ext>,
         client_tr_id: &str,
-    ) -> Result<String, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    ) -> Result<String, crate::error::Error> {
         <CommandDocument<Self, Ext> as EppXml>::serialize(&CommandDocument::new(CommandWrapper {
             command: Self::COMMAND,
             data: self,
diff --git a/src/xml.rs b/src/xml.rs
index af0743a..ebdc500 100644
--- a/src/xml.rs
+++ b/src/xml.rs
@@ -1,41 +1,30 @@
 //! Types to use in serialization to and deserialization from EPP XML
 
-use quick_xml::de::from_str;
-use quick_xml::se;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
-use std::error::Error;
 
-use crate::error;
+use crate::error::Error;
 
 pub const EPP_XML_HEADER: &str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>"#;
 
 /// Trait to be implemented by serializers. Currently the only included serializer is `quick-xml`
 pub trait EppXml: Sized {
     /// Serializes the EppObject instance to an EPP XML document
-    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>>
+    fn serialize(&self) -> Result<String, Error>
     where
         Self: Serialize,
     {
-        let epp_xml = format!("{}\r\n{}", EPP_XML_HEADER, se::to_string(self)?);
-
-        Ok(epp_xml)
+        Ok(format!(
+            "{}\r\n{}",
+            EPP_XML_HEADER,
+            quick_xml::se::to_string(self).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))?
+        ))
     }
 
     /// Deserializes an EPP XML document to an EppObject instance
-    fn deserialize(epp_xml: &str) -> Result<Self, error::Error>
+    fn deserialize(epp_xml: &str) -> Result<Self, Error>
     where
         Self: DeserializeOwned + Sized,
     {
-        let object: Self = match from_str(epp_xml) {
-            Ok(v) => v,
-            Err(e) => {
-                return Err(error::Error::Deserialize(format!(
-                    "epp-client Deserialization Error: {}",
-                    e
-                )))
-            }
-        };
-        // object.xml = Some(epp_xml.to_string());
-        Ok(object)
+        quick_xml::de::from_str::<Self>(epp_xml).map_err(|e| Error::Xml(e.into()))
     }
 }