diff --git a/lib/utils/template_generator.js b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
index 60db9ae12..cf5dcd922 100644
--- a/lib/utils/template_generator.js
+++ b/lib/utils/template_generator.js
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class TemplateGenerator {
     fs.mkdirpSync(utils.dirname(tmpFilePath));
     utils.downloadFile(url, tmpFilePath, (err) => {
       if (err) {
-        console.error(err.red);
+        console.error(utils.errorMessage(err).red);
         console.error('Does the template really exist?'.red);
         console.error(`Embark's supported templates: https://embark.status.im/templates/`.green);
         process.exit(1);
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class TemplateGenerator {
       console.log(__('Installing packages...').green);
       utils.runCmd('npm install', null, (err) => {
         if (err) {
-          return console.error(err.red);
+          console.error(utils.errorMessage(err).red);
         }
         console.log(__('Init complete').green);
         console.log('\n' + __('App ready at ').green + templatePath);