diff --git a/.changeset/seven-swans-glow.md b/.changeset/seven-swans-glow.md
index 8a7a6eab76..2d41b94082 100644
--- a/.changeset/seven-swans-glow.md
+++ b/.changeset/seven-swans-glow.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ---
-'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights': minor
-'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-backend': minor
-'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-common': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-backend': patch
+'@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-common': patch
 '@backstage/plugin-tech-insights-backend-module-jsonfc': patch
 ---
 
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend-module-jsonfc/src/service/JsonRulesEngineFactChecker.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend-module-jsonfc/src/service/JsonRulesEngineFactChecker.ts
index 333744a203..8866b5badb 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend-module-jsonfc/src/service/JsonRulesEngineFactChecker.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend-module-jsonfc/src/service/JsonRulesEngineFactChecker.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import { pick } from 'lodash';
 import Ajv, { SchemaObject } from 'ajv';
 import * as validationSchema from './validation-schema.json';
 import { JSON_RULE_ENGINE_CHECK_TYPE } from '../constants';
+import { isError } from '@backstage/errors';
 
 const noopEvent = {
   type: 'noop',
@@ -138,8 +139,11 @@ export class JsonRulesEngineFactChecker
         techInsightChecks,
         Object.values(facts),
       );
-    } catch (e: any) {
-      throw new Error(`Failed to run rules engine, ${e.message}`);
+    } catch (e) {
+      if (isError(e)) {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to run rules engine, ${e.message}`);
+      }
+      throw e;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/router.ts b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/router.ts
index dd89fefed8..22a80c2d79 100644
--- a/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/router.ts
+++ b/plugins/tech-insights-backend/src/service/router.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import {
   parseEntityName,
   stringifyEntityRef,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
+import { errorHandler } from '@backstage/backend-common';
 
 /**
  * @public
@@ -92,36 +93,26 @@ export async function createRouter<
 
     router.post('/checks/run/:namespace/:kind/:name', async (req, res) => {
       const { namespace, kind, name } = req.params;
-      try {
-        const { checks }: { checks: string[] } = req.body;
-        const entityTriplet = stringifyEntityRef({ namespace, kind, name });
-        const checkResult = await factChecker.runChecks(entityTriplet, checks);
-        return res.send(checkResult);
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        return res.status(500).json({ message: e.message }).send();
-      }
+      const { checks }: { checks: string[] } = req.body;
+      const entityTriplet = stringifyEntityRef({ namespace, kind, name });
+      const checkResult = await factChecker.runChecks(entityTriplet, checks);
+      return res.send(checkResult);
     });
 
     router.post('/checks/run', async (req, res) => {
-      try {
-        const {
-          checks,
-          entities,
-        }: { checks: string[]; entities: EntityName[] } = req.body;
-        const tasks = entities.map(async entity => {
-          const entityTriplet =
-            typeof entity === 'string' ? entity : stringifyEntityRef(entity);
-          const results = await factChecker.runChecks(entityTriplet, checks);
-          return {
-            entity: entityTriplet,
-            results,
-          };
-        });
-        const results = await Promise.all(tasks);
-        return res.send(results);
-      } catch (e: any) {
-        return res.status(500).json({ message: e.message }).send();
-      }
+      const { checks, entities }: { checks: string[]; entities: EntityName[] } =
+        req.body;
+      const tasks = entities.map(async entity => {
+        const entityTriplet =
+          typeof entity === 'string' ? entity : stringifyEntityRef(entity);
+        const results = await factChecker.runChecks(entityTriplet, checks);
+        return {
+          entity: entityTriplet,
+          results,
+        };
+      });
+      const results = await Promise.all(tasks);
+      return res.send(results);
     });
   } else {
     logger.info(
@@ -176,5 +167,7 @@ export async function createRouter<
       ),
     );
   });
+
+  router.use(errorHandler());
   return router;
 }