diff --git a/posthog/migrations/0521_alter_errortrackingstackframe_context.py b/posthog/migrations/0521_alter_errortrackingstackframe_context.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6034b72334a9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/posthog/migrations/0521_alter_errortrackingstackframe_context.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Generated by Django 4.2.15 on 2024-11-19 10:34
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+    dependencies = [
+        ("posthog", "0520_experiment_metrics_secondary"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name="errortrackingstackframe",
+            name="context",
+            field=models.JSONField(blank=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/posthog/migrations/max_migration.txt b/posthog/migrations/max_migration.txt
index 31b8c212f629f..8d2eb0a249399 100644
--- a/posthog/migrations/max_migration.txt
+++ b/posthog/migrations/max_migration.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0520_experiment_metrics_secondary
+0521_alter_errortrackingstackframe_context
diff --git a/posthog/models/error_tracking/error_tracking.py b/posthog/models/error_tracking/error_tracking.py
index 7e42f55cf9f77..f2e3e2276658c 100644
--- a/posthog/models/error_tracking/error_tracking.py
+++ b/posthog/models/error_tracking/error_tracking.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class ErrorTrackingStackFrame(UUIDModel):
     contents = models.JSONField(null=False, blank=False)
     resolved = models.BooleanField(null=False, blank=False)
     # The context around the frame, +/- a few lines, if we can get it
-    context = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True)
+    context = models.JSONField(null=True, blank=True)
 
     class Meta:
         indexes = [
diff --git a/rust/.sqlx/query-085d682315a548d578f63bb48d2f1997fc9cf1fb3436d742e9374ad4f2d55614.json b/rust/.sqlx/query-085d682315a548d578f63bb48d2f1997fc9cf1fb3436d742e9374ad4f2d55614.json
index 9329bd2f2da48..50533517b912f 100644
--- a/rust/.sqlx/query-085d682315a548d578f63bb48d2f1997fc9cf1fb3436d742e9374ad4f2d55614.json
+++ b/rust/.sqlx/query-085d682315a548d578f63bb48d2f1997fc9cf1fb3436d742e9374ad4f2d55614.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "Jsonb",
         "Bool",
         "Uuid",
-        "Text"
+        "Jsonb"
       ]
     },
     "nullable": []
diff --git a/rust/.sqlx/query-4b24f800767bc20852115e7406f8dc46c18f4950a7951d2c412dcba4d13fb56b.json b/rust/.sqlx/query-4b24f800767bc20852115e7406f8dc46c18f4950a7951d2c412dcba4d13fb56b.json
index 515f058fad974..e4d2abe66f917 100644
--- a/rust/.sqlx/query-4b24f800767bc20852115e7406f8dc46c18f4950a7951d2c412dcba4d13fb56b.json
+++ b/rust/.sqlx/query-4b24f800767bc20852115e7406f8dc46c18f4950a7951d2c412dcba4d13fb56b.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       {
         "ordinal": 6,
         "name": "context",
-        "type_info": "Text"
+        "type_info": "Jsonb"
       }
     ],
     "parameters": {
diff --git a/rust/cymbal/src/frames/records.rs b/rust/cymbal/src/frames/records.rs
index 8b969f060f7b9..ef17a0f991b04 100644
--- a/rust/cymbal/src/frames/records.rs
+++ b/rust/cymbal/src/frames/records.rs
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl ErrorTrackingStackFrame {
         E: Executor<'c, Database = sqlx::Postgres>,
     {
         let context = if let Some(context) = &self.context {
-            Some(serde_json::to_string(context)?)
+            Some(serde_json::to_value(context)?)
         } else {
             None
         };
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ impl ErrorTrackingStackFrame {
             serde_json::to_value(&self.contents)?,
             self.resolved,
             Uuid::now_v7(),
-            context
+            context,
         ).execute(e).await?;
         Ok(())
     }
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ impl ErrorTrackingStackFrame {
             symbol_set_id: Option<Uuid>,
             contents: Value,
             resolved: bool,
-            context: Option<String>,
+            context: Option<Value>,
         }
         let res = sqlx::query_as!(
             Returned,
@@ -109,10 +109,11 @@ impl ErrorTrackingStackFrame {
         // and so when we load a frame record we need to patch back up the context onto the frame,
         // since we dropped it when we serialised the frame during saving.
         let mut frame: Frame = serde_json::from_value(found.contents)?;
-        let context = if let Some(context) = found.context.as_ref() {
+
+        let context = if let Some(context) = found.context {
             // We serialise the frame context as a json string, but it's a structure we have to manually
             // deserialise back into the frame.
-            Some(serde_json::from_str(context)?)
+            serde_json::from_value(context)?
         } else {
             None
         };
diff --git a/rust/cymbal/tests/test_migrations/20241101134611_test_migration_for_symbol_set_saving_tests.sql b/rust/cymbal/tests/test_migrations/20241101134611_test_migration_for_symbol_set_saving_tests.sql
index 88029256999b0..b9b73d3a43de7 100644
--- a/rust/cymbal/tests/test_migrations/20241101134611_test_migration_for_symbol_set_saving_tests.sql
+++ b/rust/cymbal/tests/test_migrations/20241101134611_test_migration_for_symbol_set_saving_tests.sql
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS posthog_errortrackingstackframe (
     symbol_set_id UUID,
     contents JSONB NOT NULL,
     resolved BOOLEAN NOT NULL,
-    context TEXT,
+    context JSONB,
     UNIQUE(raw_id, team_id)
 );