diff --git a/js/libtextsecure.js b/js/libtextsecure.js
index a47b0dfd8..34a58ca0a 100644
--- a/js/libtextsecure.js
+++ b/js/libtextsecure.js
@@ -39031,7 +39031,7 @@ TextSecureServer = function () {
         if (code > 999 || code < 100) {
             code = -1;
         }
-        var e = new Error(message);
+        var e = new Error();
         e.name     = 'HTTPError';
         e.code     = code;
         e.stack    = stack;
diff --git a/libtextsecure/api.js b/libtextsecure/api.js
index 5b6c00b67..f614c6ead 100644
--- a/libtextsecure/api.js
+++ b/libtextsecure/api.js
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ TextSecureServer = function () {
         if (code > 999 || code < 100) {
             code = -1;
         }
-        var e = new Error(message);
+        var e = new Error();
         e.name     = 'HTTPError';
         e.code     = code;
         e.stack    = stack;