diff --git a/dspy/primitives/assertions.py b/dspy/primitives/assertions.py
index 2dcae4ff7..5f89896e2 100644
--- a/dspy/primitives/assertions.py
+++ b/dspy/primitives/assertions.py
@@ -40,11 +40,17 @@ class DSPyAssertionError(AssertionError):
     """Custom exception raised when a DSPy `Assert` fails."""
 
     def __init__(
-        self, id: str, msg: str, state: Any = None, is_metric: bool = False
+        self,
+        id: str,
+        msg: str,
+        target_module: Any = None,
+        state: Any = None,
+        is_metric: bool = False,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(msg)
         self.id = id
         self.msg = msg
+        self.target_module = target_module
         self.state = state
         self.is_metric = is_metric
 
@@ -72,6 +78,7 @@ def __init__(
 
 
 class Constraint:
+
     def __init__(
         self, result: bool, msg: str = "", target_module=None, is_metric: bool = False
     ):
@@ -99,6 +106,7 @@ def __call__(self) -> bool:
                 raise DSPyAssertionError(
                     id=self.id,
                     msg=self.msg,
+                    target_module=self.target_module,
                     state=dsp.settings.trace,
                     is_metric=self.is_metric,
                 )
@@ -236,7 +244,7 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                     except (DSPySuggestionError, DSPyAssertionError) as e:
                         if not current_error:
                             current_error = e
-                        suggest_id, error_msg, suggest_target_module, error_state = (
+                        error_id, error_msg, error_target_module, error_state = (
                             e.id,
                             e.msg,
                             e.target_module,
@@ -250,11 +258,11 @@ def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
                             dspy.settings.assert_failures += 1
 
                         if dsp.settings.trace:
-                            if suggest_target_module:
+                            if error_target_module:
                                 for i in range(len(dsp.settings.trace) - 1, -1, -1):
                                     trace_element = dsp.settings.trace[i]
                                     mod = trace_element[0]
-                                    if mod.signature == suggest_target_module:
+                                    if mod.signature == error_target_module:
                                         dspy.settings.backtrack_to = mod
                                         break
                             else:
@@ -336,9 +344,13 @@ def assert_transform_module(
         module
     )
 
-    if all(map(lambda p: isinstance(p[1], dspy.retry.Retry), module.named_predictors())):
-        pass # we already applied the Retry mapping outside
-    elif all(map(lambda p: not isinstance(p[1], dspy.retry.Retry), module.named_predictors())):
+    if all(
+        map(lambda p: isinstance(p[1], dspy.retry.Retry), module.named_predictors())
+    ):
+        pass  # we already applied the Retry mapping outside
+    elif all(
+        map(lambda p: not isinstance(p[1], dspy.retry.Retry), module.named_predictors())
+    ):
         module.map_named_predictors(dspy.retry.Retry)
     else:
         raise RuntimeError("Module has mixed predictors, can't apply Retry mapping.")