diff --git a/src/server/config/config.js b/src/server/config/config.js
index b5b89ec579184..5587794c74f8a 100644
--- a/src/server/config/config.js
+++ b/src/server/config/config.js
@@ -124,7 +124,10 @@ export class Config {
     });
 
     if (results.error) {
-      throw results.error;
+      const error = new Error(results.error.message);
+      error.name = results.error.name;
+      error.stack = results.error.stack;
+      throw error;
     }
 
     this[vals] = results.value;
diff --git a/src/server/config/config.test.js b/src/server/config/config.test.js
index 1887548cf7275..3b64f943b85f6 100644
--- a/src/server/config/config.test.js
+++ b/src/server/config/config.test.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ describe('lib/config/config', function () {
       });
 
       it('should thow an exception when setting a value with the wrong type', function (done) {
-        expect.assertions(2);
+        expect.assertions(4);
 
         const run = function () {
           config.set('test.enable', 'something');
@@ -184,7 +184,11 @@ describe('lib/config/config', function () {
           run();
         } catch (err) {
           expect(err).toHaveProperty('name', 'ValidationError');
-          expect(err.details[0].message).toBe('"enable" must be a boolean');
+          expect(err).toHaveProperty('message',
+            'child \"test\" fails because [child \"enable\" fails because [\"enable\" must be a boolean]]'
+          );
+          expect(err).not.toHaveProperty('details');
+          expect(err).not.toHaveProperty('_object');
         }
 
         done();