diff --git a/src/utils/registry.test.ts b/src/utils/registry.test.ts
index d22c8a0..54f278e 100644
--- a/src/utils/registry.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/registry.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe("getRegistryContract", () => {
         const rawClient = {} as any;
 
         await expect(getRegistryContract(rawClient, fakeSigner)).rejects.toThrow(
-            /BadRegistryLookup/,
+            /MetaRegistryFailure/,
         );
 
         expect(fromClientMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
diff --git a/src/utils/registry.ts b/src/utils/registry.ts
index 3efbc16..dbfbd2b 100644
--- a/src/utils/registry.ts
+++ b/src/utils/registry.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export async function getRegistryContract(
     } catch (err) {
         const msg = err instanceof Error ? err.message : String(err);
         throw new Error(
-            `BadRegistryLookup: Could not resolve the live Playground registry contract address from the CDM meta-registry. Refusing to use the cdm.json snapshot because it may be stale. ${msg}`,
+            `MetaRegistryFailure: Could not resolve the live Playground registry contract address from the CDM meta-registry. Refusing to use the cdm.json snapshot because it may be stale. ${msg}`,
             { cause: err instanceof Error ? err : undefined },
         );
     }