diff --git a/app/controllers/concerns/bulkrax/datatables_behavior.rb b/app/controllers/concerns/bulkrax/datatables_behavior.rb
index 46cbecb4..570ac18d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/concerns/bulkrax/datatables_behavior.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/concerns/bulkrax/datatables_behavior.rb
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def format_entries(entries, item)
           status_message: status_message_for(e),
           type: e.type,
           updated_at: e.updated_at,
-          errors: e.latest_status&.error_class&.present? ? view_context.link_to(e.latest_status.error_class, view_context.item_entry_path(item, e), title: e.latest_status.error_message) : "",
+          errors: e.status_message == 'Failed' ? view_context.link_to(e.error_class, view_context.item_entry_path(item, e)) : "",
           actions: entry_util_links(e, item)
         }
       end
diff --git a/app/models/bulkrax/status.rb b/app/models/bulkrax/status.rb
index 86c850b0..a8df74ba 100644
--- a/app/models/bulkrax/status.rb
+++ b/app/models/bulkrax/status.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 module Bulkrax
   class Status < ApplicationRecord
-    belongs_to :statusable, polymorphic: true, denormalize: { fields: %i[status_message], if: :latest? }
+    belongs_to :statusable, polymorphic: true, denormalize: { fields: %i[status_message error_class], if: :latest? }
     belongs_to :runnable, polymorphic: true
     serialize :error_backtrace, Array
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20241203010707_entry_error_denormalization.rb b/db/migrate/20241203010707_entry_error_denormalization.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a28775f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20241203010707_entry_error_denormalization.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class EntryErrorDenormalization < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :bulkrax_entries, :error_class, :string unless column_exists?(:bulkrax_entries, :error_class)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/tasks/bulkrax_tasks.rake b/lib/tasks/bulkrax_tasks.rake
index 18b5b8e1..4f597874 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/bulkrax_tasks.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/bulkrax_tasks.rake
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace :bulkrax do
                                    progress_mark: ' ',
                                    remainder_mark: "\u{FF65}")
     Bulkrax::Status.latest_by_statusable.includes(:statusable).find_each do |status|
-      status.statusable.update(status_message: status.status_message)
+      status.statusable.update(status_message: status.status_message, error_class: status.error_class)
       @progress.increment
     end
   end