diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index 1c564072..05f67a78 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "no-duplicate-imports": 0,
     "no-extra-parens": 0,
     "no-return-assign": 0,
-    "no-throw-literal": 0,
+    "no-throw-literal": 1,
     "no-trailing-spaces": 0,
     "no-unused-expressions": 0,
     "no-useless-constructor": 0,
diff --git a/src/http.ts b/src/http.ts
index 67d293d6..6589ba4d 100644
--- a/src/http.ts
+++ b/src/http.ts
@@ -1471,11 +1471,11 @@ export class LemmyHttp {
     try {
       json = await response.json();
     } catch (error) {
-      throw response.statusText;
+      throw new Error(response.statusText);
     }
 
     if (!response.ok) {
-      throw json["error"] ?? response.statusText;
+      throw new Error(json["error"] ?? response.statusText);
     } else {
       return json;
     }