diff --git a/src/test/janitor-test.js b/src/test/janitor-test.js
index 6c3f0b102..f1478e33e 100644
--- a/src/test/janitor-test.js
+++ b/src/test/janitor-test.js
@@ -23,14 +23,15 @@ describe('janitor', function () {
         clientId: 'clientid-1',
         expires: Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER,
         lastUsedTime: null,
-        scope: 'unused'
+        scope: { '*': 'rw' }
     };
     const token2 = {
         name: 'token2',
         identifier: '2',
         clientId: 'clientid-2',
         expires: Date.now(),
-        lastUsedTime: null
+        lastUsedTime: null,
+        scope: null //{ '*': 'rw '}
     };
 
     it('can cleanupTokens', async function () {
diff --git a/src/tokens.js b/src/tokens.js
index ee07d0a0c..f8bf7ac65 100644
--- a/src/tokens.js
+++ b/src/tokens.js
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ function postProcess(result) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof result, 'object');
 
     result.scope = safe.JSON.parse(result.scopeJson) || {};
+    delete result.scopeJson;
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ function validateTokenType(type) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof type, 'string');
 
     const types = [ exports.ID_WEBADMIN, exports.ID_SDK ];
-    if (types.indexOf(type) === -1) return BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `type must be one of ${types.join(',')}`);
+    if (types.indexOf(type) === -1) return new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `type must be one of ${types.join(',')}`);
 
     return null;
 }
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ function validateScope(scope) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof scope, 'object');
 
     for (const key in scope) {
-        if (exports.SCOPES.indexOf(key) === -1) return BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Unkown token scope ${key}. Valid scopes are ${exports.SCOPES.join(',')}`);
-        if (scope[key] !== 'rw' && scope[key] !== 'r') return BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Unkown token scope value ${scope[key]} for ${key}. Valid values are 'rw' or 'r'`);
+        if (exports.SCOPES.indexOf(key) === -1) return new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Unkown token scope ${key}. Valid scopes are ${exports.SCOPES.join(',')}`);
+        if (scope[key] !== 'rw' && scope[key] !== 'r') return new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, `Unkown token scope value ${scope[key]} for ${key}. Valid values are 'rw' or 'r'`);
     }
 
     return null;