diff --git a/src/app/root-view.coffee b/src/app/root-view.coffee
index ce99b46ed..d09abbd5b 100644
--- a/src/app/root-view.coffee
+++ b/src/app/root-view.coffee
@@ -209,5 +209,5 @@ class RootView extends View
     try
       require atom.configFilePath if fs.exists(atom.configFilePath)
     catch error
-      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.configFilePath}`", error.message, error
+      console.error "Failed to load `#{atom.configFilePath}`", error.stack, error