diff --git a/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.tsx b/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.tsx
index c940ec469a..b4e9344aa0 100644
--- a/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.tsx
+++ b/src/renderer/components/notifications/notifications.tsx
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class Notifications extends React.Component {
   getMessage(notification: Notification) {
     let { message } = notification;
 
-    if (message instanceof JsonApiErrorParsed) {
+    if (message instanceof JsonApiErrorParsed || message instanceof Error) {
       message = message.toString();
     }