diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index 69413fade..6a837abed 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     PORT_TYPE_TCP: 'tcp',
     PORT_TYPE_UDP: 'udp',
 
-    // error codes
-    ETASK_STOPPED: 'task_stopped', // user stopped a task
-    ETASK_CRASHED: 'task_crashed', // apptask crashed
-
     // installation codes (keep in sync in UI)
     ISTATE_PENDING_INSTALL: 'pending_install', // installs and fresh reinstalls
     ISTATE_PENDING_CLONE: 'pending_clone', // clone
@@ -110,6 +106,7 @@ var appdb = require('./appdb.js'),
     async = require('async'),
     backups = require('./backups.js'),
     BackupsError = backups.BackupsError,
+    BoxError = require('./boxerror.js'),
     constants = require('./constants.js'),
     DatabaseError = require('./databaseerror.js'),
     debug = require('debug')('box:apps'),
@@ -647,8 +644,8 @@ function scheduleTask(appId, args, values, callback) {
                 debug(`scheduleTask: task ${taskId} of $${appId} completed`);
                 if (error && (error.code === tasks.ECRASHED || error.code === tasks.ESTOPPED)) { // if task crashed, update the error
                     debug(`Apptask crashed/stopped: ${error.message}`);
-                    const code = error.crashed ? exports.ETASK_CRASHED : exports.ETASK_STOPPED;
-                    appdb.update(appId, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_ERROR, error: { code: code, message: error.message }, taskId: null }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
+                    const crashed = error.code === tasks.ECRASHED, stopped = error.code === tasks.ESTOPPED;
+                    appdb.update(appId, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_ERROR, error: { reason: BoxError.TASK_ERROR, crashed, stopped, message: error.message }, taskId: null }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
                 } else if (values.installationState !== exports.ISTATE_PENDING_UNINSTALL) { // clear out taskId since it's done
                     appdb.update(appId, { taskId: null }, NOOP_CALLBACK);
                 }
diff --git a/src/boxerror.js b/src/boxerror.js
index f76561919..6a3d74e02 100644
--- a/src/boxerror.js
+++ b/src/boxerror.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ BoxError.LOGROTATE_ERROR = 'Logrotate Error';
 BoxError.NETWORK_ERROR = 'Network Error';
 BoxError.NOT_FOUND = 'Not found';
 BoxError.REVERSEPROXY_ERROR = 'ReverseProxy Error';
+BoxError.TASK_ERROR = 'Task Error';
 
 BoxError.prototype.toPlainObject = function () {
     return _.extend({}, { message: this.message, reason: this.reason }, this.details);