diff --git a/src/Azure/Azure.Quantum.Client/Exceptions/AzureQuantumException.cs b/src/Azure/Azure.Quantum.Client/Exceptions/AzureQuantumException.cs
index 734827ab73f..2a691d4bf75 100644
--- a/src/Azure/Azure.Quantum.Client/Exceptions/AzureQuantumException.cs
+++ b/src/Azure/Azure.Quantum.Client/Exceptions/AzureQuantumException.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Azure.Quantum.Exceptions
 {
     public class AzureQuantumException : Exception
     {
-        public AzureQuantumException(string message = "An exception related to the Azure quantum service or storage occurred.")
+        public AzureQuantumException()
+            : base("An exception related to the Azure quantum occurred.")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public AzureQuantumException(string message)
             : base(message)
         {
         }
+
+        public AzureQuantumException(string message, Exception inner)
+            : base(message, inner)
+        {
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Simulation/Common/Exceptions/QuantumProcessorTranslationException.cs b/src/Simulation/Common/Exceptions/QuantumProcessorTranslationException.cs
index 5ef32c382dd..3ba8df02673 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/Common/Exceptions/QuantumProcessorTranslationException.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/Common/Exceptions/QuantumProcessorTranslationException.cs
@@ -7,9 +7,19 @@ namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common.Exceptions
 {
     public class QuantumProcessorTranslationException : Exception
     {
-        public QuantumProcessorTranslationException(string message = "An exception occurred while performing a translation on a quantum processor.")
+        public QuantumProcessorTranslationException()
+            : base("An exception occurred while performing a translation on a quantum processor.")
+        {
+        }
+
+        public QuantumProcessorTranslationException(string message)
             : base(message)
         {
         }
+
+        public QuantumProcessorTranslationException(string message, Exception inner)
+            : base(message, inner)
+        {
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Simulation/EntryPointDriver/Azure.cs b/src/Simulation/EntryPointDriver/Azure.cs
index 6f6f14d0335..40a0ad01e44 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/EntryPointDriver/Azure.cs
+++ b/src/Simulation/EntryPointDriver/Azure.cs
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 using System.CommandLine.Parsing;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.Azure.Quantum;
+using Microsoft.Azure.Quantum.Exceptions;
 using Microsoft.Quantum.Runtime;
+using Microsoft.Quantum.Simulation.Common.Exceptions;
 using static Microsoft.Quantum.CsharpGeneration.EntryPointDriver.Driver;
 
 namespace Microsoft.Quantum.CsharpGeneration.EntryPointDriver
@@ -54,9 +56,35 @@ internal static async Task<int> Submit<TIn, TOut>(
             }
             else
             {
-                var job = await machine.SubmitAsync(
-                    entryPoint.Info, input, new SubmissionContext { Shots = settings.Shots });
-                DisplayJob(job, settings.Output);
+                try
+                {
+                    var job = await machine.SubmitAsync(
+                        entryPoint.Info, input, new SubmissionContext { Shots = settings.Shots });
+                    DisplayJob(job, settings.Output);
+                }
+                catch (AzureQuantumException azureQuantumEx)
+                {
+                    DisplayWithColor(
+                        ConsoleColor.Red,
+                        Console.Error,
+                        "Something went wrong when submitting the program to the Azure Quantum service.");
+
+                    Console.Error.WriteLine();
+                    Console.Error.WriteLine(azureQuantumEx.Message);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+                catch (QuantumProcessorTranslationException translationEx)
+                {
+                    DisplayWithColor(
+                        ConsoleColor.Red,
+                        Console.Error,
+                        "Something went wrong when performing translation to the intermediate representation used by the target quantum machine.");
+
+                    Console.Error.WriteLine();
+                    Console.Error.WriteLine(translationEx.Message);
+                    return 1;
+                }
+
                 return 0;
             }
         }