diff --git a/factory.go b/factory.go
index e8d5290..53837a8 100644
--- a/factory.go
+++ b/factory.go
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ type Falta struct {
 	error
 }
 
+func NewError(msg string) Falta {
+	return Falta{
+		errFmt: msg,
+		error:  fmt.Errorf(msg),
+	}
+}
+
 // Wrap wraps the error provided with the Falta instance.
 func (f Falta) Wrap(err error) Falta {
 	f.error = fmt.Errorf("%s: %w", f.error.Error(), err)
diff --git a/factory_test.go b/factory_test.go
index 05d90b8..2810834 100644
--- a/factory_test.go
+++ b/factory_test.go
@@ -114,3 +114,10 @@ func TestCapture(t *testing.T) {
 
 	as.ErrorIs(err, errCannotOpenFile)
 }
+
+func TestNewError(t *testing.T) {
+	err := falta.NewError("falta test: test error")
+	wrappedErr := fmt.Errorf("wrapped error: %w", err)
+	as := assert.New(t)
+	as.ErrorIs(wrappedErr, err)
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 18d85c6..3da07ca 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 module github.com/a20r/falta
 
-go 1.20
+go 1.21
 
-require github.com/a20r/mesa v0.5.2
+require (
+	github.com/a20r/mesa v0.5.2
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+)
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index bdbfcc1..7e811ad 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZb
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4 h1:CcVxjf3Q8PM0mHUKJCdn+eZZtm5yQwehR5yeSVQQcUk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4/go.mod h1:sz/lmYIOXD/1dqDmKjjqLyZ2RngseejIcXlSw2iwfAo=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=