diff --git a/WebClient/web_client.android.ts b/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
index 40677fd55..370b0b778 100644
--- a/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
+++ b/WebClient/web_client.android.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export module tk {
                         com.koushikdutta.ion.Ion.with(context, url).asString().setCallback(new com.koushikdutta.async.future.FutureCallback({
                             onCompleted: function (e, result) {
                                 if (e && errorCallback) {
-                                    errorCallback(e.toString());
+                                    errorCallback(new Error(e.toString()));
                                     return;
                                 }
                                 successCallback(result);
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export module tk {
                         com.koushikdutta.ion.Ion.with(context, url).asBitmap().setCallback(new com.koushikdutta.async.future.FutureCallback({
                             onCompleted: function (e, result) {
                                 if (e && errorCallback) {
-                                    errorCallback(e.toString());
+                                    errorCallback(new Error(e.toString()));
                                     return;
                                 }
 
diff --git a/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts b/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
index 4864e6336..5eb733db3 100644
--- a/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
+++ b/WebClient/web_client.ios.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export module tk {
                     var dataTask = session.dataTaskWithURLCompletionHandler(Foundation.NSURL.URLWithString(url), function (data, response, error) {
                         if (error) {
                             if (errorCallback) {
-                                errorCallback(error.description);
+                                errorCallback(new Error(error.localizedDescription()));
                             }
                         } else if (successCallback) {
                             successCallback(data);