diff --git a/lib/utils/api-runner-browser.js b/lib/utils/api-runner-browser.js
index 6cc5ad47d7965..3426858c4018a 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api-runner-browser.js
+++ b/lib/utils/api-runner-browser.js
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 const Promise = require(`bluebird`)
 const path = require(`path`)
 import invariant from 'invariant'
-import _ from 'lodash'
 
 module.exports = (api, args, defaultReturn) => {
   let gatsbyBrowser
   try {
     gatsbyBrowser = require(`gatsby-browser`)
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log('error', e)
-    if (e.code !== `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` && !_.includes(e.Error, `gatsby-browser`)) {
+    if (e.toString().indexOf(`gatsby-browser`) !== -1) {
       console.log(`Couldn't open your gatsby-browser.js file`)
       console.log(e)
     }
   }
-  console.log('gatsbyBrowser module + api', gatsbyBrowser, api)
   if (gatsbyBrowser && gatsbyBrowser[api]) {
     const result = gatsbyBrowser[api](args)
     if (!result) {
diff --git a/lib/utils/api-runner-node.js b/lib/utils/api-runner-node.js
index abbb1f1921e5c..8f9160a8fa82d 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api-runner-node.js
+++ b/lib/utils/api-runner-node.js
@@ -2,15 +2,15 @@ const Promise = require(`bluebird`)
 const path = require(`path`)
 import invariant from 'invariant'
 import _ from 'lodash'
+import chalk from 'chalk'
 
 module.exports = async (api, args, defaultReturn) => {
   let gatsbyNode
   try {
     gatsbyNode = require(`${path.resolve(`.`)}/gatsby-node`)
   } catch (e) {
-    console.log('error', e)
-    if (e.code !== `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` && !_.includes(e.Error, `gatsby-node`)) {
-      console.log(`Couldn't open your gatsby-node.js file`)
+    if (/*e.code !== `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` &&*/ !_.includes(e.toString(), `gatsby-node`)) {
+      console.log(chalk.bold.red(`Couldn't open your gatsby-node.js file`))
       console.log(e)
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/utils/api-runner-ssr.js b/lib/utils/api-runner-ssr.js
index 630c3b5728c6c..3e179db9362e2 100644
--- a/lib/utils/api-runner-ssr.js
+++ b/lib/utils/api-runner-ssr.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports = (api, args, defaultReturn) => {
   try {
     gatsbySSR = require(`gatsby-ssr`)
   } catch (e) {
-    if (e.code !== `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` && !_.includes(e.Error, `gatsby-browser`)) {
+    if (/*e.code !== `MODULE_NOT_FOUND` &&*/ !_.includes(e.toString(), `gatsby-ssr`)) {
       console.log(`Couldn't open your gatsby-browser.js file`)
       console.log(e)
     }