diff --git a/api/src/errors/api-error.ts b/api/src/errors/api-error.ts
index c88a77e524..75f91d420d 100644
--- a/api/src/errors/api-error.ts
+++ b/api/src/errors/api-error.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { BaseError } from './base-error';
+
 export enum ApiErrorType {
   BUILD_SQL = 'Error constructing SQL query',
   EXECUTE_SQL = 'Error executing SQL query',
@@ -5,23 +7,9 @@ export enum ApiErrorType {
   UNKNOWN = 'Unknown Error'
 }
 
-export class ApiError extends Error {
-  errors?: (string | object)[];
-
+export class ApiError extends BaseError {
   constructor(name: ApiErrorType, message: string, errors?: (string | object)[], stack?: string) {
-    super(message);
-
-    this.name = name;
-    this.errors = errors || [];
-    this.stack = stack;
-
-    if (stack) {
-      this.stack = stack;
-    }
-
-    if (!this.stack) {
-      Error.captureStackTrace(this);
-    }
+    super(name, message, errors, stack);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/api/src/errors/base-error.ts b/api/src/errors/base-error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..321029f691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/errors/base-error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+export class BaseError extends Error {
+  errors: (string | object)[] = [];
+
+  constructor(name: string, message: string, errors?: (string | object)[], stack?: string) {
+    super(message);
+
+    this.name = name;
+
+    for (const error of errors ?? []) {
+      if (error instanceof Error) {
+        // By default, properties of Error objects are not enumerable, so we need to manually extract them.
+        this.errors.push({ name: error.name, message: error.message });
+      } else {
+        this.errors.push(error);
+      }
+    }
+
+    // If a stack is provided, use it. Otherwise, generate a new stack trace.
+    if (stack) {
+      this.stack = stack;
+    } else {
+      Error.captureStackTrace(this);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/errors/http-error.ts b/api/src/errors/http-error.ts
index 125f425578..c21d22965e 100644
--- a/api/src/errors/http-error.ts
+++ b/api/src/errors/http-error.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { DatabaseError } from 'pg';
 import { ApiError } from './api-error';
+import { BaseError } from './base-error';
 
 export enum HTTPErrorType {
   BAD_REQUEST = 'Bad Request',
@@ -9,24 +10,13 @@ export enum HTTPErrorType {
   INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR = 'Internal Server Error'
 }
 
-export class HTTPError extends Error {
+export class HTTPError extends BaseError {
   status: number;
-  errors?: (string | object)[];
 
   constructor(name: HTTPErrorType, status: number, message: string, errors?: (string | object)[], stack?: string) {
-    super(message);
+    super(name, message, errors, stack);
 
-    this.name = name;
     this.status = status;
-    this.errors = errors || [];
-
-    if (stack) {
-      this.stack = stack;
-    }
-
-    if (!this.stack) {
-      Error.captureStackTrace(this);
-    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -125,9 +115,5 @@ export const ensureHTTPError = (error: HTTPError | ApiError | Error | any): HTTP
     );
   }
 
-  if (error instanceof Error) {
-    return new HTTP500('Unexpected Error', [error.name, error.message]);
-  }
-
-  return new HTTP500('Unexpected Error');
+  return new HTTP500('Unexpected Error', [error]);
 };