diff --git a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ssa_gen/context.rs b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ssa_gen/context.rs
index 0ca0f40d47f..4dc355ae51f 100644
--- a/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ssa_gen/context.rs
+++ b/compiler/noirc_evaluator/src/ssa/ssa_gen/context.rs
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ impl<'a> FunctionContext<'a> {
     /// Create a const offset of an address for an array load or store
     pub(super) fn make_offset(&mut self, mut address: ValueId, offset: u128) -> ValueId {
         if offset != 0 {
-            let offset = self.builder.field_constant(offset);
+            let offset = self.builder.numeric_constant(offset, self.builder.type_of_value(address));
             address = self.builder.insert_binary(address, BinaryOp::Add, offset);
         }
         address
diff --git a/cspell.json b/cspell.json
index 12b1e3f63d3..927cfc60969 100644
--- a/cspell.json
+++ b/cspell.json
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@
         "subshell",
         "subtyping",
         "swcurve",
+        "Taiko",
         "tecurve",
         "tempdir",
         "tempfile",
diff --git a/tooling/backend_interface/src/download.rs b/tooling/backend_interface/src/download.rs
index 27aab7ef351..60ecb14e642 100644
--- a/tooling/backend_interface/src/download.rs
+++ b/tooling/backend_interface/src/download.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,12 @@ pub fn download_backend(backend_url: &str, destination_path: &Path) -> std::io::
     use tempfile::tempdir;
 
     // Download sources
-    let compressed_file: Cursor<Vec<u8>> = download_binary_from_url(backend_url)
-        .map_err(|_| std::io::Error::from(ErrorKind::Other))?;
+    let compressed_file: Cursor<Vec<u8>> = download_binary_from_url(backend_url).map_err(|_| {
+        std::io::Error::new(
+            ErrorKind::Other,
+            format!("Could not download backend from install url: {backend_url}"),
+        )
+    })?;
 
     // Unpack the tarball
     let gz_decoder = GzDecoder::new(compressed_file);