diff --git a/dank_mids/requests.py b/dank_mids/requests.py
index d5c27dfb..5c7a5b94 100644
--- a/dank_mids/requests.py
+++ b/dank_mids/requests.py
@@ -489,7 +489,7 @@ async def get_response(self) -> None:
         try:
             await self.spoof_response(await self.controller.make_request(self.method, self.params, request_id=self.uid))
         except internal_err_types.__args__ as e:
-            raise DankMidsInternalError(e)
+            raise e if 'invalid argument' in str(e) else DankMidsInternalError(e) from e
         except ClientResponseError as e:
             if e.message == "Payload Too Large":
                 logger.info("Payload too large. response headers: %s", e.headers)
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ async def get_response(self) -> None:
             await self.spoof_response(await self.post())
         # I want to see these asap when working on the lib.
         except internal_err_types.__args__ as e:
-            raise DankMidsInternalError(e) from e
+            raise e if 'invalid argument' in str(e) else DankMidsInternalError(e) from e
         except EmptyBatch as e:
             logger.warning("These EmptyBatch exceptions shouldn't actually happen and this except clause can probably be removed soon.")
         except ExceedsMaxBatchSize as e:
diff --git a/dank_mids/types.py b/dank_mids/types.py
index d93e75f6..825fa327 100644
--- a/dank_mids/types.py
+++ b/dank_mids/types.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ def exception(self) -> BadResponse:
         return (
             PayloadTooLarge(self) if self.payload_too_large
             else ExceedsMaxBatchSize(self) if re.search(r'batch limit (\d+) exceeded', self.error.message)
+            else TypeError(self.error.message, "You're probably passing what should be an integer type as a string type. The usual culprit is a block number.") if self.error.message == 'invalid argument 1: hex string without 0x prefix'
             else BadResponse(self)
         )
     
diff --git a/tests/test_dank_mids.py b/tests/test_dank_mids.py
index abe73772..5166cad3 100644
--- a/tests/test_dank_mids.py
+++ b/tests/test_dank_mids.py
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 
 
+import pytest
 from brownie import chain
-from dank_mids import instances
 from multicall import Call
 from multicall.utils import await_awaitable, gather
 from web3._utils.rpc_abi import RPC
 
+from dank_mids import instances
 from tests.fixtures import dank_w3
 
 CHAI = '0x06AF07097C9Eeb7fD685c692751D5C66dB49c215'
@@ -64,3 +65,7 @@ def test_AttributeDict():
     block = await_awaitable(dank_w3.eth.get_block("0xe25822"))
     assert block['timestamp']
     assert block.timestamp
+
+def test_string_block():
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        await_awaitable(Call(CHAI, 'totalSupply()(uint)', block_id="14000000").coroutine())