diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/trace.hpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/trace.hpp
index b47b93f26..51707de21 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/trace.hpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/trace.hpp
@@ -175,6 +175,9 @@ void init();
 #define oxTracef(ch, fmt, ...) ox::trace::TraceStream(__FILE__, __LINE__, ch, ox::detail::fmtSegments<ox::detail::argCount(fmt)+1>(fmt), ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #endif
 
+#define oxError(...) oxTrace("error", __VA_ARGS__)
+#define oxErrorf(...) oxTracef("error", __VA_ARGS__)
+
 #ifndef OX_NODEBUG
 #define oxDebug(...) oxTrace("debug", __VA_ARGS__)
 #define oxDebugf(...) oxTracef("debug", __VA_ARGS__)
diff --git a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/tracehook.cpp b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/tracehook.cpp
index c580aae99..cb76e8e53 100644
--- a/deps/ox/src/ox/std/tracehook.cpp
+++ b/deps/ox/src/ox/std/tracehook.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ static const auto OxPrintTrace = std::getenv("OXTRACE") != nullptr;
 constexpr auto OxPrintTrace = false;
 #endif
 
+#include "strops.hpp"
+
 extern "C" {
 
 void oxTraceInitHook() {
@@ -27,6 +29,10 @@ void oxTraceHook([[maybe_unused]] const char *file, [[maybe_unused]] int line,
 		std::cout << std::setw(53) << std::left << ch << "| ";
 		std::cout << std::setw(65) << std::left << msg << '|';
 		std::cout << " " << file << ':' << line << "\n";
+	} else if (ox_strcmp(ch, "debug") == 0) {
+		std::cout << msg << '\n';
+	} else if (ox_strcmp(ch, "error") == 0) {
+		std::cerr << "\033[31;1;1mERROR:\033[0m (" << file << ':' << line << "): " << msg << '\n';
 	}
 #endif
 }