diff --git a/src/rpc/format/msgpack/convert.rs b/src/rpc/format/msgpack/convert.rs
index 7cdcba2f..35049f88 100644
--- a/src/rpc/format/msgpack/convert.rs
+++ b/src/rpc/format/msgpack/convert.rs
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ impl TryFrom<Value> for Pack {
 			Value::Bytes(v) => Ok(Pack(Data::Binary(v.into_inner()))),
 			Value::Thing(v) => Ok(Pack(Data::Ext(TAG_RECORDID, v.to_raw().as_bytes().to_vec()))),
 			// We shouldn't reach here
-			_ => unreachable!(),
+			_ => Err("Found unsupported SurrealQL value being encoded into a msgpack value"),
 		}
 	}
 }