diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 40cc5dd..48ed730 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name = "init4-bin-base"
 description = "Internal utilities for binaries produced by the init4 team"
 keywords = ["init4", "bin", "base"]
 
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.2"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.81"
 authors = ["init4", "James Prestwich"]
diff --git a/src/utils/from_env.rs b/src/utils/from_env.rs
index df26f79..c455266 100644
--- a/src/utils/from_env.rs
+++ b/src/utils/from_env.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use signet_constants::{
     SignetSystemConstants,
 };
 use std::{convert::Infallible, env::VarError, num::ParseIntError, str::FromStr};
+use tracing_core::metadata::ParseLevelError;
 
 /// The `derive(FromEnv)` macro.
 ///
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ pub fn parse_env_if_present<T: FromStr>(env_var: &str) -> Result<T, FromEnvErr<T
 ///
 pub trait FromEnv: core::fmt::Debug + Sized + 'static {
     /// Error type produced when loading from the environment.
-    type Error: core::error::Error + Clone;
+    type Error: core::error::Error + Clone + PartialEq + Eq;
 
     /// Get the required environment variable names for this type.
     ///
@@ -453,7 +454,7 @@ where
 /// ```
 pub trait FromEnvVar: core::fmt::Debug + Sized + 'static {
     /// Error type produced when parsing the primitive.
-    type Error: core::error::Error;
+    type Error: core::error::Error + Clone + PartialEq + Eq;
 
     /// Load the primitive from the environment at the given variable.
     fn from_env_var(env_var: &str) -> Result<Self, FromEnvErr<Self::Error>>;
@@ -613,7 +614,6 @@ impl_for_parseable!(
     i128,
     isize,
     url::Url,
-    tracing::Level,
     SignetConstants,
     SignetEnvironmentConstants,
     SignetSystemConstants,
@@ -646,6 +646,28 @@ impl FromEnvVar for bool {
     }
 }
 
+/// Error type for parsing tracing levels from the environment.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, thiserror::Error)]
+#[error("failed to parse tracing level from environment variable")]
+pub struct LevelParseError;
+
+impl From<ParseLevelError> for LevelParseError {
+    fn from(_: ParseLevelError) -> Self {
+        LevelParseError
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromEnvVar for tracing::Level {
+    type Error = LevelParseError;
+
+    fn from_env_var(env_var: &str) -> Result<Self, FromEnvErr<Self::Error>> {
+        let s: String = std::env::var(env_var).map_err(|e| FromEnvErr::env_err(env_var, e))?;
+        s.parse()
+            .map_err(Into::into)
+            .map_err(FromEnvErr::parse_error)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use std::{borrow::Cow, time::Duration};
diff --git a/src/utils/provider.rs b/src/utils/provider.rs
index eafddaf..cacef08 100644
--- a/src/utils/provider.rs
+++ b/src/utils/provider.rs
@@ -8,12 +8,43 @@ use alloy::{
     },
 };
 
+/// Errors when connecting a provider
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum ProviderConnectError {
+    /// Pubsub is not available for the configured transport
+    #[error("pubsub is not available for the configured transport")]
+    PubsubUnavailable,
+    /// Custom error message
+    #[error("{0}")]
+    Custom(String),
+}
+
+impl From<TransportErrorKind> for ProviderConnectError {
+    fn from(err: TransportErrorKind) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            TransportErrorKind::Custom(err) => ProviderConnectError::Custom(err.to_string()),
+            TransportErrorKind::PubsubUnavailable => ProviderConnectError::PubsubUnavailable,
+            _ => panic!("Unexpected TransportErrorKind variant: {err:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TransportError> for ProviderConnectError {
+    fn from(err: TransportError) -> Self {
+        match err {
+            TransportError::Transport(e) => e.into(),
+            _ => panic!("Unexpected TransportError variant: {err:?}"),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl FromEnvVar for BuiltInConnectionString {
-    type Error = TransportError;
+    type Error = ProviderConnectError;
 
     fn from_env_var(env_var: &str) -> Result<Self, FromEnvErr<Self::Error>> {
         let conn_str = String::from_env_var(env_var).map_err(FromEnvErr::infallible_into)?;
-        conn_str.parse().map_err(Into::into)
+        let built_in = conn_str.parse().map_err(ProviderConnectError::from)?;
+        Ok(built_in)
     }
 }
 
@@ -41,7 +72,7 @@ impl ProviderConfig {
 }
 
 impl FromEnvVar for ProviderConfig {
-    type Error = TransportError;
+    type Error = ProviderConnectError;
 
     fn from_env_var(env_var: &str) -> Result<Self, FromEnvErr<Self::Error>> {
         let connection_string = BuiltInConnectionString::from_env_var(env_var)?;
@@ -81,21 +112,21 @@ impl PubSubConfig {
 }
 
 impl TryFrom<BuiltInConnectionString> for PubSubConfig {
-    type Error = TransportError;
+    type Error = ProviderConnectError;
 
     fn try_from(connection_string: BuiltInConnectionString) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
         if !matches!(
             connection_string,
             BuiltInConnectionString::Ws(_, _) | BuiltInConnectionString::Ipc(_)
         ) {
-            return Err(TransportErrorKind::pubsub_unavailable());
+            return Err(ProviderConnectError::PubsubUnavailable);
         }
         Ok(Self { connection_string })
     }
 }
 
 impl FromEnvVar for PubSubConfig {
-    type Error = TransportError;
+    type Error = ProviderConnectError;
 
     fn from_env_var(env_var: &str) -> Result<Self, FromEnvErr<Self::Error>> {
         let cs = BuiltInConnectionString::from_env_var(env_var)?;
@@ -137,3 +168,18 @@ impl PubSubConnect for PubSubConfig {
         }
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use super::*;
+    use crate::utils::from_env::FromEnv;
+
+    #[derive(FromEnv, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+    #[from_env(crate)]
+    struct CompileCheck {
+        #[from_env(var = "COOL_DUDE", desc = "provider")]
+        cool_dude: ProviderConfig,
+        #[from_env(var = "COOL_DUDE2", desc = "provider2")]
+        cool_dude2: PubSubConfig,
+    }
+}