diff --git a/repertory/librepertory/include/events/types/file_upload_retry.hpp b/repertory/librepertory/include/events/types/file_upload_retry.hpp
index fed85d67..50514b42 100644
--- a/repertory/librepertory/include/events/types/file_upload_retry.hpp
+++ b/repertory/librepertory/include/events/types/file_upload_retry.hpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 namespace repertory {
 struct file_upload_retry final : public i_event {
   file_upload_retry() = default;
-  file_upload_retry(std::string api_path_, std::string error_,
+  file_upload_retry(std::string api_path_, api_error error_,
                     std::string_view function_name_, std::string source_path_)
       : api_path(std::move(api_path_)),
         error(std::move(error_)),
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ struct file_upload_retry final : public i_event {
   static constexpr const std::string_view name{"file_upload_retry"};
 
   std::string api_path;
-  std::string error;
+  api_error error{};
   std::string function_name;
   std::string source_path;
 
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ struct file_upload_retry final : public i_event {
   }
 
   [[nodiscard]] auto get_single_line() const -> std::string override {
-    return fmt::format("{}|func|{}|ap|{}|error|{}|sp|{}", name, function_name,
-                       api_path, error, source_path);
+    return fmt::format("{}|func|{}|ap|{}|sp|{}|error|{}", name, function_name,
+                       api_path, source_path, api_error_to_string(error));
   }
 };
 } // namespace repertory
@@ -62,14 +62,15 @@ NLOHMANN_JSON_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 template <> struct adl_serializer<repertory::file_upload_retry> {
   static void to_json(json &data, const repertory::file_upload_retry &value) {
     data["api_path"] = value.api_path;
-    data["error"] = value.error;
+    data["error"] = repertory::api_error_to_string(value.error);
     data["function_name"] = value.function_name;
     data["source_path"] = value.source_path;
   }
 
   static void from_json(const json &data, repertory::file_upload_retry &value) {
     data.at("api_path").get_to<std::string>(value.api_path);
-    data.at("error").get_to<std::string>(value.error);
+    value.error =
+        repertory::api_error_from_string(data.at("error").get<std::string>());
     data.at("function_name").get_to<std::string>(value.function_name);
     data.at("source_path").get_to<std::string>(value.source_path);
   }