diff --git a/src/js/setupdns.js b/src/js/setupdns.js
index 5e21c9102..433af81f1 100644
--- a/src/js/setupdns.js
+++ b/src/js/setupdns.js
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ app.controller('SetupDNSController', ['$scope', '$http', '$timeout', 'Client', f
                 };
 
                 if (!config.projectId || !config.credentials || !config.credentials.client_email || !config.credentials.private_key) {
-                    throw 'fields_missing';
+                    throw new Error('One or more fields are missing in the JSON');
                 }
-            } catch(e) {
-                $scope.error.dnsCredentials = 'Cannot parse Google Service Account Key';
+            } catch (e) {
+                $scope.error.dnsCredentials = 'Cannot parse Google Service Account Key: ' + e.message;
                 $scope.dnsCredentials.busy = false;
                 return;
             }
diff --git a/src/views/domains.js b/src/views/domains.js
index 441342c71..e78b26a50 100644
--- a/src/views/domains.js
+++ b/src/views/domains.js
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ angular.module('Application').controller('DomainsController', ['$scope', '$locat
                     };
 
                     if (!data.projectId || !data.credentials || !data.credentials.client_email || !data.credentials.private_key) {
-                        throw 'fields_missing';
+                        throw new Error('One or more fields are missing in the JSON');
                     }
                 } catch (e) {
                     $scope.domainConfigure.error = 'Cannot parse Google Service Account Key: ' + e.message;