diff --git a/src/gif.ts b/src/gif.ts
index ea6f115..dea0445 100644
--- a/src/gif.ts
+++ b/src/gif.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ const extractBuff = (gif: Buffer) => {
         }
         end = sec.end;
     }
-    throw "Shouldn't happen";
+    throw new Error("Shouldn't happen");
     // metadata ended, nothing...
 };
 
diff --git a/src/jpg.ts b/src/jpg.ts
index b659150..c2150df 100644
--- a/src/jpg.ts
+++ b/src/jpg.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export const convertToPng = async (f: File): Promise<Blob | undefined> => {
 const inject = async (b: File, c: File[]) => {
     const pngfile = await convertToPng(b);
     if (!pngfile || pngfile.size > 3000 * 1024) {
-        throw "Couldn't convert file to PNG: resulting filesize too big.";
+        throw new Error("Couldn't convert file to PNG: resulting filesize too big.");
     }
     return pngv3.inject!(new File([pngfile], b.name), c);
 };