diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a3d42de404..62c679a210 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -697,6 +697,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "encoding_rs",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "color-backtrace"
+version = "0.6.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "150fd80a270c0671379f388c8204deb6a746bb4eac8a6c03fe2460b2c0127ea0"
+dependencies = [
+ "backtrace",
+ "termcolor",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "colorchoice"
 version = "1.0.0"
@@ -2648,6 +2658,7 @@ name = "nu"
 version = "0.86.1"
 dependencies = [
  "assert_cmd",
+ "color-backtrace",
  "criterion",
  "crossterm 0.27.0",
  "ctrlc",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 92a54243eb..75031899e6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ nu-utils = { path = "./crates/nu-utils", version = "0.86.1" }
 nu-ansi-term = "0.49.0"
 reedline = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["bashisms", "sqlite"] }
 
+color-backtrace = "0.6.1"
 crossterm = "0.27"
 ctrlc = "3.4"
 log = "0.4"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index ce0b4c024e..0040707ecd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
         miette_hook(x);
     }));
 
+    // This allows more intuitive backtraces
+    color_backtrace::install();
+
     // Get initial current working directory.
     let init_cwd = get_init_cwd();
     let mut engine_state = get_engine_state();