diff --git a/oars/Cargo.toml b/oars/Cargo.toml
index 8a44225..1372c0e 100644
--- a/oars/Cargo.toml
+++ b/oars/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 serde_derive = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
 rayon = { version = "1.3", optional = true }
 oars_proc_macro = { version = "0.1.1", path = "../oars_proc_macro" }
+thiserror = "1.0"
 
 [features]
 default = []
diff --git a/oars/src/constructors/bose.rs b/oars/src/constructors/bose.rs
index 3557431..5b8cfe3 100644
--- a/oars/src/constructors/bose.rs
+++ b/oars/src/constructors/bose.rs
@@ -41,17 +41,11 @@ impl<T: Integer> BoseChecked<T> {
         if self.dimensions < T::from(2).unwrap()
             || self.dimensions > self.prime_base + T::from(1).unwrap()
         {
-            return Err(OarsError::new(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-                "Invalid dimensions",
-            ));
+            return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams("Invalid dimensions".into()));
         }
 
         if !is_prime(self.prime_base.to_u64().unwrap()) {
-            return Err(OarsError::new(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-                "Base is not prime",
-            ));
+            return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams("Base is not prime".into()));
         }
         Ok(Bose {
             prime_base: self.prime_base,
diff --git a/oars/src/constructors/bush.rs b/oars/src/constructors/bush.rs
index 7054448..da92124 100644
--- a/oars/src/constructors/bush.rs
+++ b/oars/src/constructors/bush.rs
@@ -38,25 +38,20 @@ impl<T: Integer> BushChecked<T> {
     /// ```
     pub fn verify(self) -> OarsResult<Bush<T>> {
         if !is_prime(self.prime_base.to_u64().unwrap()) {
-            return Err(OarsError::new(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-                "Base is not prime",
-            ));
+            return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams("Base is not prime".to_owned()));
         }
 
         if self.dimensions < T::from(2).unwrap()
             || self.dimensions > self.prime_base + T::from(1).unwrap()
         {
-            return Err(OarsError::new(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-                "Dimensions must be less than `prime_base` + 1",
+            return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams(
+                "Dimensions must be less than `prime_base` + 1".to_owned(),
             ));
         }
 
         if self.strength < T::from(1).unwrap() || self.strength > self.prime_base {
-            return Err(OarsError::new(
-                ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-                "`strength` must be between 1 and `prime_base` (inclusive)",
+            return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams(
+                "`strength` must be between 1 and `prime_base` (inclusive)".to_owned(),
             ));
         }
         Ok(Bush {
diff --git a/oars/src/oa.rs b/oars/src/oa.rs
index 4f43de2..7435f81 100644
--- a/oars/src/oa.rs
+++ b/oars/src/oa.rs
@@ -88,16 +88,14 @@ pub fn normalize<T: Integer, U: Float>(
     randomize: bool,
 ) -> OarsResult<Array2<U>> {
     if oa.points.ndim() != 2 {
-        return Err(OarsError::new(
-            ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-            "The `points` array in `oa` must be two dimensional",
+        return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams(
+            "The `points` array in `oa` must be two dimensional".to_owned(),
         ));
     }
 
     if jitter.to_f64().unwrap() < 0.0 || jitter.to_f64().unwrap() > 1.0 {
-        return Err(OarsError::new(
-            ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-            "`jitter` must be between 0 and 1",
+        return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams(
+            "`jitter` must be between 0 and 1".to_owned(),
         ));
     }
 
@@ -150,9 +148,8 @@ pub fn verify<T: Integer>(oa: &OA<T>) -> OarsResult<bool>
 where
 {
     if oa.points.ndim() != 2 {
-        return Err(OarsError::new(
-            ErrorKind::InvalidParams,
-            "`oa.points` must be two-dimensional",
+        return Err(OarsError::InvalidParams(
+            "`oa.points` must be two-dimensional".to_owned(),
         ));
     }
 
diff --git a/oars/src/utils.rs b/oars/src/utils.rs
index b7a8027..652f7ae 100644
--- a/oars/src/utils.rs
+++ b/oars/src/utils.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use num::{self, NumCast};
 use std::error::Error;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::vec::Vec;
+use thiserror::Error;
 
 /// A generic integer type.
 ///
@@ -88,14 +89,10 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
 }
 
 /// An error indicating that there was some error constructing the orthogonal array.
-#[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct OarsError {
-    /// The general category of the error
-    error_type: ErrorKind,
-
-    /// A user-friendly description of the array which can supply additional information about
-    /// the error.
-    desc: String,
+#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+pub enum OarsError {
+    #[error("Invalid params supplied to the constructor: {0}")]
+    InvalidParams(String),
 }
 
 /// A generic type for anything that can return an `OarsError`.
@@ -103,30 +100,6 @@ pub struct OarsError {
 /// This type is meant for anything that isn't an orthogonal array constructor.
 pub type OarsResult<T> = Result<T, OarsError>;
 
-impl Error for OarsError {
-    fn description(&self) -> &str {
-        &self.desc
-    }
-}
-
-impl fmt::Display for OarsError {
-    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "OA Construction Error: {}", &self.desc)
-    }
-}
-
-impl OarsError {
-    pub fn new<T>(kind: ErrorKind, msg: T) -> Self
-    where
-        T: Into<String>,
-    {
-        Self {
-            error_type: kind,
-            desc: msg.into(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;