diff --git a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/turbo-carto-adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/turbo-carto-adapter.js
index 54deb15f..97a655ec 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/turbo-carto-adapter.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/models/mapconfig/adapter/turbo-carto-adapter.js
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ var turboCarto = require('turbo-carto');
 var SubstitutionTokens = require('../../../utils/substitution-tokens');
 var PostgresDatasource = require('../../../backends/turbo-carto-postgres-datasource');
 
+var MapConfig = require('windshaft').model.MapConfig;
+
 function TurboCartoAdapter() {
 }
 
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ TurboCartoAdapter.prototype.getMapConfig = function (user, requestMapConfig, par
     var parseCartoQueue = queue(layers.length);
 
     layers.forEach(function(layer, index) {
-        parseCartoQueue.defer(self._parseCartoCss.bind(self), user, params, layer, index);
+        var layerId = MapConfig.getLayerId(requestMapConfig, index);
+        parseCartoQueue.defer(self._parseCartoCss.bind(self), user, params, layer, index, layerId);
     });
 
     parseCartoQueue.awaitAll(function (err, layers) {
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ var tokensQueryTpl = dot.template([
     'from bbox_query, pixel_size_query, scale_denominator_query, zoom_query'
 ].join('\n'));
 
-TurboCartoAdapter.prototype._parseCartoCss = function (username, params, layer, index, callback) {
+TurboCartoAdapter.prototype._parseCartoCss = function (username, params, layer, layerIndex, layerId, callback) {
     if (!shouldParseLayerCartocss(layer)) {
         return callback(null, layer);
     }
@@ -77,8 +80,10 @@ TurboCartoAdapter.prototype._parseCartoCss = function (username, params, layer,
             var error = new Error('turbo-carto: ' + err.message);
             error.http_status = 400;
             error.type = 'layer';
+            error.subtype = 'turbo-carto';
             error.layer = {
-                index: index,
+                id: layerId,
+                index: layerIndex,
                 type: layer.type,
                 context: err.context
             };
diff --git a/test/acceptance/turbo-cartocss/error-cases.js b/test/acceptance/turbo-cartocss/error-cases.js
index 17dcc847..29722a03 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/turbo-cartocss/error-cases.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/turbo-cartocss/error-cases.js
@@ -115,10 +115,12 @@ describe('turbo-carto error cases', function() {
             assert.ok(layergroup.hasOwnProperty('errors'));
             assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context.length, 1);
             assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].type, 'layer');
+            assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].subtype, 'turbo-carto');
             assert.ok(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].message.match(/^turbo-carto/));
             assert.ok(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].message.match(/unable\sto\scompute\sramp/i));
             assert.ok(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].message.match(/wadus_column/));
 
+            assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].layer.id, 'layer0');
             assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].layer.index, 0);
             assert.equal(layergroup.errors_with_context[0].layer.type, 'mapnik');