diff --git a/src/apps.js b/src/apps.js
index dbdc9354d..33018facf 100644
--- a/src/apps.js
+++ b/src/apps.js
@@ -1275,13 +1275,15 @@ async function scheduleTask(appId, installationState, taskId, auditSource) {
         debug(`scheduleTask: task ${taskId} of ${appId} completed. error: %o`, error);
         if (error?.code === tasks.ECRASHED || error?.code === tasks.ESTOPPED) { // if task crashed, update the error
             debug(`Apptask crashed/stopped: ${error.message}`);
-            const boxError = new BoxError(BoxError.TASK_ERROR, error.message);
-            boxError.details.crashed = error.code === tasks.ECRASHED;
-            boxError.details.stopped = error.code === tasks.ESTOPPED;
-            // see also apptask makeTaskError
-            boxError.details.taskId = taskId;
-            boxError.details.installationState = installationState;
-            await safe(update(appId, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_ERROR, error: boxError.toPlainObject(), taskId: null }), { debug });
+            const appError = {
+                message: error.message,
+                reason: BoxError.TASK_ERROR,
+                crashed: error.code === tasks.ECRASHED,
+                stopped: error.code === tasks.ESTOPPED,
+                taskId,
+                installationState
+            };
+            await safe(update(appId, { installationState: exports.ISTATE_ERROR, error: appError, taskId: null }), { debug });
         } else if (!(installationState === exports.ISTATE_PENDING_UNINSTALL && !error)) { // clear out taskId except for successful uninstall
             await safe(update(appId, { taskId: null }), { debug });
         }
@@ -1297,7 +1299,7 @@ async function addTask(appId, installationState, task, auditSource) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof auditSource, 'object');
 
     const { args, values } = task;
-    // TODO: match the SQL logic to match checkAppState. this means checking the error.details.installationState and installationState. Unfortunately, former is JSON right now
+    // TODO: match the SQL logic to match checkAppState. this means checking the error.installationState and installationState. Unfortunately, former is JSON right now
     const requiredState = null; // 'requiredState' in task ? task.requiredState : exports.ISTATE_INSTALLED;
     const scheduleNow = 'scheduleNow' in task ? task.scheduleNow : true;
     const requireNullTaskId = 'requireNullTaskId' in task ? task.requireNullTaskId : true;
@@ -1321,7 +1323,7 @@ function checkAppState(app, state) {
 
     if (app.installationState === exports.ISTATE_ERROR) {
         // allow task to be called again if that was the errored task
-        if (app.error.details.installationState === state) return null;
+        if (app.error.installationState === state) return null;
 
         // allow uninstall from any state
         if (state !== exports.ISTATE_PENDING_UNINSTALL && state !== exports.ISTATE_PENDING_RESTORE && state !== exports.ISTATE_PENDING_IMPORT) return new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_STATE, 'Not allowed in error state');
@@ -2251,7 +2253,7 @@ async function repair(app, data, auditSource) {
     assert.strictEqual(typeof auditSource, 'object');
 
     const appId = app.id;
-    let errorState = (app.error && app.error.details.installationState) || exports.ISTATE_PENDING_CONFIGURE;
+    let errorState = (app.error && app.error.installationState) || exports.ISTATE_PENDING_CONFIGURE;
 
     const task = {
         args: {},
diff --git a/src/apptask.js b/src/apptask.js
index be7bfec06..cc87b4071 100644
--- a/src/apptask.js
+++ b/src/apptask.js
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ function makeTaskError(error, app) {
     assert(error instanceof BoxError);
     assert.strictEqual(typeof app, 'object');
 
-    // track a few variables which helps 'repair' restart the task (see also scheduleTask in apps.js)
-    error.details.taskId = app.taskId;
-    error.details.installationState = app.installationState;
-    return error.toPlainObject();
+    return {
+        message: error.message,
+        reason: error.reason,
+        taskId: app.taskId,
+        installationState: app.installationState
+    };
 }
 
 // updates the app object and the database
diff --git a/src/boxerror.js b/src/boxerror.js
index 742b09b42..f6debe481 100644
--- a/src/boxerror.js
+++ b/src/boxerror.js
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ BoxError.prototype.toPlainObject = function () {
     return {
         message: this.message,
         reason: this.reason,
-        details: this.details
+        ...this.details
     };
 };