diff --git a/zen3geo/datapipes/datashader.py b/zen3geo/datapipes/datashader.py
index 1521514..1a37cdd 100644
--- a/zen3geo/datapipes/datashader.py
+++ b/zen3geo/datapipes/datashader.py
@@ -217,10 +217,14 @@ def __iter__(self) -> Iterator[xr.DataArray]:
                 columns = ["geometry"] if not hasattr(vector, "columns") else None
                 _vector = spatialpandas.GeoDataFrame(data=vector, columns=columns)
             except ValueError as e:
-                raise NotImplementedError(
-                    f"Unsupported geometry type(s) {set(vector.geom_type)} detected, "
-                    "only point, line or polygon vector geometry types are supported."
-                ) from e
+                if str(e) == "Unable to convert data argument to a GeometryList array":
+                    raise NotImplementedError(
+                        f"Unsupported geometry type(s) {set(vector.geom_type)} detected, "
+                        "only point, line or polygon vector geometry types "
+                        "(or their multi- equivalents) are supported."
+                    ) from e
+                else:
+                    raise e
 
             # Determine geometry type to know which rasterization method to use
             vector_dtype: spatialpandas.geometry.GeometryDtype = _vector.geometry.dtype