diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 257cd7c..73a27e5 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { format } = require('node:util')
+const formatGenerator = require('./lib/format-generator')
+const countSpecifiers = require('./lib/count-specifiers')
 
 function toString () {
   return `${this.name} [${this.code}]: ${this.message}`
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ function createError (code, message, statusCode = 500, Base = Error) {
   code = code.toUpperCase()
   !statusCode && (statusCode = undefined)
 
+  const specifiersAmount = countSpecifiers(message)
+  const format = formatGenerator(message)
+  const withOptionsParameterLength = specifiersAmount + 1
+
   function FastifyError (...args) {
     if (!new.target) {
       return new FastifyError(...args)
@@ -22,12 +27,15 @@ function createError (code, message, statusCode = 500, Base = Error) {
     this.name = 'FastifyError'
     this.statusCode = statusCode
 
-    const lastElement = args.length - 1
-    if (lastElement !== -1 && args[lastElement] && typeof args[lastElement] === 'object' && 'cause' in args[lastElement]) {
-      this.cause = args.pop().cause
+    if (
+      args.length === withOptionsParameterLength &&
+      typeof args[specifiersAmount] === 'object' &&
+      'cause' in args[specifiersAmount]
+    ) {
+      this.cause = args[specifiersAmount].cause
     }
 
-    this.message = format(message, ...args)
+    this.message = format(args)
 
     Error.stackTraceLimit !== 0 && Error.captureStackTrace(this, FastifyError)
   }
diff --git a/lib/count-specifiers.js b/lib/count-specifiers.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..84cf1c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/count-specifiers.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const countSpecifiersRE = /%[sdifjoOc%]/g
+
+function countSpecifiers (message) {
+  let result = 0
+  message.replace(countSpecifiersRE, function (x) {
+    if (x !== '%%') {
+      result++
+    }
+    return x
+  })
+
+  return result
+}
+
+module.exports = countSpecifiers
diff --git a/lib/format-generator.js b/lib/format-generator.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4167e2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/format-generator.js
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const specifiersRE = /(%[sdifjoOc%])/g
+
+let globalInspect
+
+function lazyInspect () {
+  if (globalInspect === undefined) { globalInspect = require('util').inspect }
+  return globalInspect
+}
+
+function formatGenerator (message) {
+  let inspect
+
+  let fnBody = ''
+
+  if (message.includes('%j')) {
+    fnBody += `
+      function stringify(value) {
+      const stackTraceLimit = Error.stackTraceLimit
+      stackTraceLimit !== 0 && (Error.stackTraceLimit = 0)
+      try {
+        return JSON.stringify(value)
+      } catch (_e) {
+        return '[Circular]'
+      } finally {
+        stackTraceLimit !== 0 && (Error.stackTraceLimit = stackTraceLimit)
+      }
+    }`
+  }
+  if (message.includes('%o')) {
+    inspect = lazyInspect()
+    fnBody += `
+      const oOptions = { showHidden: true, showProxy: true }
+    `
+  } else if (message.includes('%O')) {
+    inspect = lazyInspect()
+  }
+
+  fnBody += `
+  return function format (args) {
+    const argsLen = args.length
+    return ""`
+
+  let argNum = 0
+  const messageParts = message.split(specifiersRE)
+
+  for (const messagePart of messageParts) {
+    switch (messagePart) {
+      case '':
+        break
+      case '%%':
+        fnBody += ' + (argsLen === 0 ? "%%" : "%")'
+        break
+      case '%d':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%d' ||
+          args[${argNum}]
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%i':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%i' ||
+          typeof args[${argNum}] === 'number' && (
+            args[${argNum}] === Infinity && 'NaN' ||
+            args[${argNum}] === -Infinity && 'NaN' ||
+            args[${argNum}] !== args[${argNum}] && 'NaN' ||
+            '' + Math.trunc(args[${argNum}])
+          ) ||
+          typeof args[${argNum}] === 'bigint' && args[${argNum}] + 'n' ||
+          parseInt(args[${argNum}], 10)
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%f':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%f' ||
+          parseFloat(args[${argNum}])
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%s':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%s' ||
+          (
+            (typeof args[${argNum}] === 'bigint' && args[${argNum}].toString() + 'n') ||
+            (typeof args[${argNum}] === 'number' && args[${argNum}] === 0 && 1 / args[${argNum}] === -Infinity && '-0') ||
+            args[${argNum}]
+          )
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%o':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%o' ||
+          inspect(args[${argNum}], oOptions)
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%O':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%O' ||
+          inspect(args[${argNum}])
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%j':
+        fnBody += ` + (
+          ${argNum} >= argsLen && '%j' ||
+          stringify(args[${argNum}])
+        )`
+        argNum++
+        break
+      case '%c':
+        break
+      default:
+        fnBody += '+ ' + JSON.stringify(messagePart)
+    }
+  }
+
+  fnBody += '}'
+
+  return new Function('inspect', fnBody)(inspect) // eslint-disable-line no-new-func
+}
+
+module.exports = formatGenerator
diff --git a/test/count-specifiers.test.js b/test/count-specifiers.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7e3bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/count-specifiers.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const countSpecifiers = require('../lib/count-specifiers')
+
+const testCases = [
+  ['no specifier', 0],
+  ['a string %s', 1],
+  ['a number %d', 1],
+  ['an integer %i', 1],
+  ['a float %f', 1],
+  ['as json %j', 1],
+  ['as object %o', 1],
+  ['as object %O', 1],
+  ['as css %c', 1],
+  ['not a specifier %%', 0],
+  ['mixed %s %%%s', 2]
+]
+test('countSpecifiers', t => {
+  t.plan(testCases.length)
+
+  for (const [testCase, expected] of testCases) {
+    t.assert.strictEqual(countSpecifiers(testCase), expected)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/test/format-generator.test.js b/test/format-generator.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7afaf21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/format-generator.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const format = require('util').format
+const { test } = require('node:test')
+const formatGenerator = require('../lib/format-generator')
+
+const circular = {}
+circular.circular = circular
+
+const testCases = [
+  ['%%', [], '%%'],
+  ['%% %s', [], '%% %s'],
+  ['%% %d', [2], '% 2'],
+  ['no specifier', [], 'no specifier'],
+  ['string %s', [0], 'string 0'],
+  ['string %s', [-0], 'string -0'],
+  ['string %s', [0n], 'string 0n'],
+  ['string %s', [Infinity], 'string Infinity'],
+  ['string %s', [-Infinity], 'string -Infinity'],
+  ['string %s', [-NaN], 'string NaN'],
+  ['string %s', [undefined], 'string undefined'],
+  ['%s', [{ toString: () => 'Foo' }], 'Foo'],
+  ['integer %i', [0n], 'integer 0n'],
+  ['integer %i', [Infinity], 'integer NaN'],
+  ['integer %i', [-Infinity], 'integer NaN'],
+  ['integer %i', [NaN], 'integer NaN'],
+  ['string %s', ['yes'], 'string yes'],
+  ['float %f', [0], 'float 0'],
+  ['float %f', [-0], 'float 0'],
+  ['float %f', [0.0000001], 'float 1e-7'],
+  ['float %f', [0.000001], 'float 0.000001'],
+  ['float %f', ['a'], 'float NaN'],
+  ['float %f', [{}], 'float NaN'],
+  ['json %j', [{}], 'json {}'],
+  ['json %j', [circular], 'json [Circular]'],
+  ['%s:%s', ['foo'], 'foo:%s'],
+  ['%s:%c', ['foo', 'bar'], 'foo:'],
+  ['%o', [{}], '{}'],
+  ['%O', [{}], '{}']
+]
+
+test('formatGenerator', t => {
+  t.plan(testCases.length * 2)
+
+  for (const [testCase, args, expected] of testCases) {
+    t.assert.strictEqual(formatGenerator(testCase)(args), expected)
+    t.assert.strictEqual(formatGenerator(testCase)(args), format(testCase, ...args))
+  }
+})