diff --git a/helpers/errorHandlers.js b/helpers/errorHandlers.js
index ae889dfa..d1ac23cc 100644
--- a/helpers/errorHandlers.js
+++ b/helpers/errorHandlers.js
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
 const logger = require('winston');
 const { postToStats } = require('../controllers/statsController.js');
 
+function useObjectPropertiesIfNoKeys (err) {
+  if (Object.keys(err).length === 0) {
+    let newErrorObject = {};
+    Object.getOwnPropertyNames(err).forEach((key) => {
+      newErrorObject[key] = err[key];
+    });
+    return newErrorObject;
+  }
+  return err;
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   handleRequestError (action, originalUrl, ip, error, res) {
-    logger.error('Request Error:', error.message);
+    logger.error('Request Error:', useObjectPropertiesIfNoKeys(error));
     postToStats(action, originalUrl, ip, null, null, error);
     if (error.response) {
       res.status(error.response.status).send(error.response.data.error.message);
@@ -16,7 +27,7 @@ module.exports = {
     }
   },
   handlePublishError (error) {
-    logger.error('Publish Error:', error.message);
+    logger.error('Publish Error:', useObjectPropertiesIfNoKeys(error));
     if (error.code === 'ECONNREFUSED') {
       return 'Connection refused.  The daemon may not be running.';
     } else if (error.response.data.error) {
diff --git a/helpers/lbryApi.js b/helpers/lbryApi.js
index 6b7b3b6e..3777c593 100644
--- a/helpers/lbryApi.js
+++ b/helpers/lbryApi.js
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = {
           }
         })
         .catch(error => {
-          logger.error('Lbrynet Error:', error.message);
+          logger.error('Lbrynet Error:', error);
           resolve('/home/lbry/Downloads/');
         });
     });
diff --git a/models/index.js b/models/index.js
index 96a4d288..e4e870c5 100644
--- a/models/index.js
+++ b/models/index.js
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ function getLongClaimIdFromShortClaimId (name, shortId) {
       .then(result => {
         switch (result.length) {
           case 0:
-            return reject(new Error('That is an invalid Short Claim Id'));
+            throw new Error('That is an invalid Short Claim Id');
           default: // note results must be sorted
             return resolve(result[0].claimId);
         }
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ db['getShortClaimIdFromLongClaimId'] = (claimId, claimName) => {
       .then(result => {
         switch (result.length) {
           case 0:
-            return reject(new Error('That is an invalid claim name'));
+            throw new Error('That is an invalid claim name');
           default:
             return resolve(sortResult(result, claimId));
         }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ db['getShortChannelIdFromLongChannelId'] = (channelName, longChannelId) => {
       .then(result => {
         switch (result.length) {
           case 0:
-            return reject(new Error('That is an invalid channel name'));
+            throw new Error('That is an invalid channel name');
           default:
             return resolve(sortResult(result, longChannelId));
         }
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ db['resolveClaim'] = (name, claimId) => {
           case 1:
             return resolve(result[0]);
           default:
-            return new Error('more than one entry matches that name and claimID');
+            throw new Error('more than one entry matches that name and claimID');
         }
       })
       .catch(error => {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ db['getClaimIdByLongChannelId'] = (channelId, claimName) => {
       .then(result => {
         switch (result.length) {
           case 0:
-            return reject(new Error('There is no such claim for that channel'));
+            throw new Error('There is no such claim for that channel');
           default:
             return resolve(result[0].claimId);
         }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba075575..22f9872b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "socketio-file-upload": "^0.6.0",
     "universal-analytics": "^0.4.13",
     "winston": "^2.3.1",
-    "winston-slack-webhook": "^0.1.5"
+    "winston-slack-webhook": "billbitt/winston-slack-webhook"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "3.19.0",