diff --git a/loopback/server/middleware/error-handler.js b/loopback/server/middleware/error-handler.js
index 725826ae7..66e75c47f 100644
--- a/loopback/server/middleware/error-handler.js
+++ b/loopback/server/middleware/error-handler.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+const SalixError = require('../../util/salixError');
 const UserError = require('../../util/user-error');
 const logToConsole = require('strong-error-handler/lib/logger');
 
 module.exports = function() {
     return function(err, req, res, next) {
         // Thrown user errors
-        if (err instanceof UserError) {
+        if (err instanceof SalixError) {
             err.message = req.__(err.message, ...err.translateArgs);
             return next(err);
         }
diff --git a/loopback/util/forbiddenError.js b/loopback/util/forbiddenError.js
index 998cb4593..261f89f06 100644
--- a/loopback/util/forbiddenError.js
+++ b/loopback/util/forbiddenError.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-module.exports = class ForbiddenError extends Error {
+const SalixError = require('./salixError');
+
+module.exports = class ForbiddenError extends SalixError {
     constructor(message, code, ...translateArgs) {
         super(message);
         this.name = 'ForbiddenError';
diff --git a/loopback/util/salixError.js b/loopback/util/salixError.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..427b871ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/loopback/util/salixError.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module.exports = class SalixError extends Error {
+    constructor(message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+};
diff --git a/loopback/util/user-error.js b/loopback/util/user-error.js
index c2d01e080..6ba851ba8 100644
--- a/loopback/util/user-error.js
+++ b/loopback/util/user-error.js
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
  * the final user, so they cannot contain sensitive data and must
  * be understandable by people who do not have a technical profile.
  */
-module.exports = class UserError extends Error {
+const SalixError = require('./salixError');
+
+module.exports = class UserError extends SalixError {
     constructor(message, code, ...translateArgs) {
         super(message);
         this.name = 'UserError';