diff --git a/schala-lang/src/error.rs b/schala-lang/src/error.rs
index 795aeec..442daa5 100644
--- a/schala-lang/src/error.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/src/error.rs
@@ -7,24 +7,20 @@ use crate::{
 
 pub struct SchalaError {
     errors: Vec<Error>,
-    //TODO unify these sometime
-    formatted_parse_error: Option<String>,
 }
 
 impl SchalaError {
     pub(crate) fn display(&self) -> String {
-        if let Some(ref err) = self.formatted_parse_error {
-            err.clone()
-        } else {
-            self.errors[0].text.as_ref().cloned().unwrap_or_default()
+        match self.errors[0] {
+            Error::Parse(ref parse_err) => parse_err.to_string(),
+            Error::Standard { ref text, .. } => text.as_ref().cloned().unwrap_or_default(),
         }
     }
 
     #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub(crate) fn from_type_error(err: TypeError) -> Self {
         Self {
-            formatted_parse_error: None,
-            errors: vec![Error { location: None, text: Some(err.msg), stage: Stage::Typechecking }],
+            errors: vec![Error::Standard { location: None, text: Some(err.msg), stage: Stage::Typechecking }],
         }
     }
 
@@ -32,32 +28,29 @@ impl SchalaError {
         //TODO this could be better
         let errors = symbol_errs
             .into_iter()
-            .map(|_symbol_err| Error {
+            .map(|_symbol_err| Error::Standard {
                 location: None,
                 text: Some("symbol table error".to_string()),
                 stage: Stage::Symbols,
             })
             .collect();
-        Self { errors, formatted_parse_error: None }
+        Self { errors }
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn from_string(text: String, stage: Stage) -> Self {
-        Self { formatted_parse_error: None, errors: vec![Error { location: None, text: Some(text), stage }] }
+        Self { errors: vec![Error::Standard { location: None, text: Some(text), stage }] }
     }
 
     pub(crate) fn from_parse_error(parse_error: ParseError, source_reference: &SourceReference) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            formatted_parse_error: Some(format_parse_error(parse_error, source_reference)),
-            errors: vec![],
-        }
+        let formatted_parse_error = format_parse_error(parse_error, source_reference);
+        Self { errors: vec![Error::Parse(formatted_parse_error)] }
     }
 }
 
 #[allow(dead_code)]
-struct Error {
-    location: Option<Location>,
-    text: Option<String>,
-    stage: Stage,
+enum Error {
+    Standard { location: Option<Location>, text: Option<String>, stage: Stage },
+    Parse(String),
 }
 
 fn format_parse_error(error: ParseError, source_reference: &SourceReference) -> String {