diff --git a/cspell.config.json b/cspell.config.json
index eb64cbf..dbe4983 100644
--- a/cspell.config.json
+++ b/cspell.config.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     "surql",
     "surrealdb",
     "typecheck",
-    "vals"
+    "vals", 
+    "errorsource"
   ]
 }
diff --git a/pkg/plugin/datasource.go b/pkg/plugin/datasource.go
index bab4da1..cd2ad14 100644
--- a/pkg/plugin/datasource.go
+++ b/pkg/plugin/datasource.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/grafana-labs/surrealdb-datasource/pkg/client"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/backend/instancemgmt"
+	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/experimental/errorsource"
 	"github.com/grafana/grafana-plugin-sdk-go/experimental/slo"
 	"github.com/surrealdb/surrealdb.go"
 )
@@ -46,14 +47,14 @@ func NewDatasource(ctx context.Context, dsiConfig backend.DataSourceInstanceSett
 
 	db, err := surrealdb.New(config.Endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errorsource.DownstreamError(err, false)
 	}
 
 	client := client.Use(db)
 
 	_, err = client.Connect(&config)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to database: %w", err)
+		return nil, errorsource.DownstreamError(fmt.Errorf("unable to connect to database: %w", err), false)
 	}
 
 	return slo.NewMetricsWrapper(NewDatasourceInstance(client, &config), dsiConfig), nil