diff --git a/dank_mids/_requests.py b/dank_mids/_requests.py
index 8c994f17..d6222098 100644
--- a/dank_mids/_requests.py
+++ b/dank_mids/_requests.py
@@ -773,13 +773,13 @@ async def post(self) -> Tuple[List[RawResponse], List[Union[Multicall, RPCReques
             logger.debug("caught %s for %s, reraising", e, self)
             if ENVS.DEBUG:  # type: ignore [attr-defined]
                 _debugging.failures.record(self.controller.chain_id, e, type(self).__name__, self.uid, len(self), self.data)
-            raise e
+            raise
         except Exception as e:
             if 'broken pipe' in str(e).lower():
                 logger.warning("This is what broke the pipe: %s", self.method_counts)
             if ENVS.DEBUG:  # type: ignore [attr-defined]
                 _debugging.failures.record(self.controller.chain_id, e, type(self).__name__, self.uid, len(self), self.data)
-            raise e
+            raise
         # NOTE: A successful response will be a list of `RawResponse` objects.
         #       A single `PartialResponse` implies an error.
         if isinstance(response, list):
diff --git a/dank_mids/brownie_patch/call.py b/dank_mids/brownie_patch/call.py
index 890c9bde..aa30ad5d 100644
--- a/dank_mids/brownie_patch/call.py
+++ b/dank_mids/brownie_patch/call.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ async def decode_output(call: ContractCall, data: bytes) -> Any:
     except AttributeError as e: 
         # NOTE: Not sure why this happens as we set the attr while patching the call but w/e, this works for now
         if not str(e).endswith(" object has no attribute '_skip_decoder_proc_pool'"):
-            raise e
+            raise
         logger.debug("DEBUG ME BRO: %s", e)
         call._skip_decoder_proc_pool = call._address in _skip_proc_pool
         return await decode_output(call, data)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ def __encode_input(abi: Dict[str, Any], signature: str, *args: Tuple[Any,...]) -
         break
     except Exception as e:
         if "429" not in str(e):
-            raise e
+            raise
 if multicall2 := MULTICALL2_ADDRESSES.get(chainid, None):
     _skip_proc_pool.add(to_checksum_address(multicall2))
     
@@ -180,5 +180,5 @@ def __validate_output(abi: Dict[str, Any], hexstr: BytesLike):
         try:
             raise VirtualMachineError(e) from None
         except:
-            raise e
+            raise e from e.__cause__
 
diff --git a/dank_mids/brownie_patch/overloaded.py b/dank_mids/brownie_patch/overloaded.py
index 9c47aa44..7f6af15e 100644
--- a/dank_mids/brownie_patch/overloaded.py
+++ b/dank_mids/brownie_patch/overloaded.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ async def coroutine(
                 exc_str = str(e)
                 breakpoint = exc_str.find("(*args)")
                 raise ValueError(f"{exc_str[:breakpoint]}.coroutine{exc_str[breakpoint:]}")
-            raise e
+            raise
 
         kwargs = {"block_identifier": block_identifier, "decimals": decimals, "override": override}
         kwargs = {k: v for k, v in kwargs.items() if v is not None}
diff --git a/dank_mids/controller.py b/dank_mids/controller.py
index c0c56da7..f1d1c98c 100644
--- a/dank_mids/controller.py
+++ b/dank_mids/controller.py
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ async def __call__(self, method: RPCEndpoint, params: Any) -> RPCResponse:
             return await queue(self, method, params)
         except TypeError as e:
             if "unhashable type" not in str(e):
-                raise e
+                raise
         return await queue(self, method, _helpers._make_hashable(params))
     
     @eth_retry.auto_retry