diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e945bca5..89b74d37 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ server.listen(port, () => {
 ## utils
 
 - `send (req, data, type)`
-- `error (req, data, code)`
+- `error (req, error, code)`
 - `redirect (req, location, code)`
 - `lazy (handle)`
 
diff --git a/src/app.ts b/src/app.ts
index 9d9c923f..3b549d62 100644
--- a/src/app.ts
+++ b/src/app.ts
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ export function createApp (): App {
 
   const handle: Handle = function (req: IncomingMessage, res: ServerResponse) {
     return _handle(req, res).catch((err: Error | any) => {
-      error(res,
-        debug ? err.stack : 'internal error',
-        res.statusCode || err.status || err.statusCode || 500
-      )
+      error(res, err)
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index cb566b2c..9c4efe6d 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -17,9 +17,18 @@ export function defaultContentType (res: ServerResponse, type: string) {
   }
 }
 
-export function error (res: ServerResponse, data: string, code: number = 500) {
-  code = res.statusCode = (res.statusCode === 200) ? code : res.statusCode
-  res.end(code + ': ' + data)
+export function error (res: ServerResponse, error: Error, code?: number) {
+  // @ts-ignore
+  res._error = error
+
+  res.statusCode = code || (res.statusCode !== 200)
+    ? res.statusCode
+    // @ts-ignore
+    : (error.status || error.statusCode || 500)
+
+  const message = error.toString()
+
+  res.end(code + ' - ' + message)
 }
 
 export function redirect (res: ServerResponse, location: string, code = 302) {