diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index d59d30e47cc..3cb400b765a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -4413,15 +4413,6 @@
         "is-arrayish": "0.2.1"
       }
     },
-    "errorhandler": {
-      "version": "1.5.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/errorhandler/-/errorhandler-1.5.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha1-6rpkyl1UKjEayUX1gt78M2Fl2fQ=",
-      "requires": {
-        "accepts": "1.3.4",
-        "escape-html": "1.0.3"
-      }
-    },
     "es-abstract": {
       "version": "1.9.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/es-abstract/-/es-abstract-1.9.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d2a2a1498fa..4c91aca62e7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     "emmet-codemirror": "^1.2.5",
     "enzyme": "^3.2.0",
     "enzyme-adapter-react-15": "^1.0.5",
-    "errorhandler": "^1.4.2",
     "es6-map": "~0.1.1",
     "express": "^4.13.3",
     "express-flash": "~0.0.2",
diff --git a/server/middlewares/error-handlers.js b/server/middlewares/error-handlers.js
index 5e11a76dfa3..b2c0029341d 100644
--- a/server/middlewares/error-handlers.js
+++ b/server/middlewares/error-handlers.js
@@ -1,11 +1,47 @@
-import errorHandler from 'errorhandler';
+import { inspect } from 'util';
+import _ from 'lodash/fp';
 import accepts from 'accepts';
 import { unwrapHandledError } from '../utils/create-handled-error.js';
 
-export default function prodErrorHandler() {
-  if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
-    return errorHandler({ log: true });
+const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
+
+const toString = Object.prototype.toString;
+// is full error or just trace
+// _.toString(new Error('foo')) => "Error: foo
+// Object.prototype.toString.call(new Error('foo')) => "[object Error]"
+const isInspect = val => !val.stack && _.toString(val) === toString.call(val);
+const stringifyErr = val => {
+  if (val.stack) {
+    return String(val.stack);
   }
+
+  const str = String(val);
+
+  return isInspect(val) ?
+    inspect(val) :
+    str;
+};
+
+const createStackHtml = _.flow(
+  _.cond([
+    [isInspect, err => [err]],
+    // may be stack or just err.msg
+    [_.stubTrue, _.flow(stringifyErr, _.split('\n'), _.tail) ]
+  ]),
+  _.map(_.escape),
+  _.map(line => `<li>${line}</lin>`),
+  _.join('')
+);
+
+const createErrorTitle = _.cond([
+  [
+    _.negate(isInspect),
+    _.flow(stringifyErr, _.split('\n'), _.head, _.defaultTo('Error'))
+  ],
+  [_.stubTrue, _.constant('Error')]
+]);
+
+export default function prodErrorHandler() {
   // error handling in production.
   // disabling eslint due to express parity rules for error handlers
   return function(err, req, res, next) { // eslint-disable-line
@@ -27,7 +63,20 @@ export default function prodErrorHandler() {
     const redirectTo = handled.redirectTo || '/map';
     const message = handled.message ||
       'Oops! Something went wrong. Please try again later';
+
     if (type === 'html') {
+      if (isDev) {
+        return res.render(
+          'dev-error',
+          {
+            ...handled,
+            stack: createStackHtml(err),
+            errorTitle: createErrorTitle(err),
+            title: 'freeCodeCamp - Server Error',
+            status: err.statusCode
+          }
+        );
+      }
       if (typeof req.flash === 'function') {
         req.flash(
           handled.type || 'errors',
diff --git a/server/views/dev-error.jade b/server/views/dev-error.jade
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc3d7fd3bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/views/dev-error.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+doctype html
+head
+  title!= errorTitle
+  style.
+    * {
+      margin: 0;
+      padding: 0;
+      outline: 0;
+    }
+
+    body {
+      padding: 80px 100px;
+      background: #ECE9E9 -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#fff), to(#ECE9E9));
+      background: #ECE9E9 -moz-linear-gradient(top, #fff, #ECE9E9);
+      background-repeat: no-repeat;
+      color: #555;
+      -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
+    }
+    h1, h2 {
+      font-size: 22px;
+      color: #343434;
+    }
+    h1 em, h2 em {
+      padding: 0 5px;
+      font-weight: normal;
+    }
+    h1 {
+      font-size: 60px;
+    }
+    h2 {
+      margin-top: 10px;
+    }
+    ul li {
+      list-style: none;
+    }
+    #trace {
+      margin-top: 10px;
+      margin-left: 60px;
+    }
+body
+  #wrapper
+    h1!= title
+    h2
+      em!= status
+      | #{errorTitle}
+    h2
+      em User Message:
+      | #{message}
+    h2
+      em Type:
+      | #{type}
+    h2
+      em redirect to:
+      a(href=redirectTo) #{redirectTo}
+    h2
+      em stack trace:
+    ul#trace!= stack
+