# git diff
diff --git a/participant.py b/participant.py
index 630df06..89f33c0 100644
--- a/participant.py
+++ b/participant.py
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class Participant(object):
                # And this should be the 'standardised' way of passing
                # errors back via a workitem
                # wi.set_error(e)
-               self.workitem.Exception = "%s" % e
+               self.workitem.error = "%s" % e
                self.workitem.result = False

           if not self.workitem.forget: