diff --git a/src/pages/api/find.ts b/src/pages/api/find.ts
index 8190387..b290bda 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/find.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/find.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import Find, { type FindQueryParams } from 'src/interfaces/shared/search';
 import basicSearch from 'src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { findKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
-import { AppError, cleanQueryStr } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { AppError, cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { findFilterable } from 'src/utils/constants/find';
 
 type ResponseData =
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
     const results = await getOrSetApiCache(findKey(queryStr), basicSearch, queryStr);
 
     res.status(200).json({ status: true, data: { title: query, results } });
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message = 'Not found', statusCode = 404 } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     res.status(statusCode).json({ status: false, message });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/name/[nameId].ts b/src/pages/api/name/[nameId].ts
index 3351a8e..399706a 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/name/[nameId].ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/name/[nameId].ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type Name from 'src/interfaces/shared/name';
 import name from 'src/utils/fetchers/name';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { nameKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
-import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { AppError, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
 type ResponseData = { status: true; data: Name } | { status: false; message: string };
 
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
 
     const data = await getOrSetApiCache(nameKey(nameId), name, nameId);
     res.status(200).json({ status: true, data });
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message = 'Not found', statusCode = 404 } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
+
     res.status(statusCode).json({ status: false, message });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/index.ts b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/index.ts
index 9965a27..0b5b0ff 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/index.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type Title from 'src/interfaces/shared/title';
 import title from 'src/utils/fetchers/title';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { titleKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
-import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { AppError, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
 type ResponseData = { status: true; data: Title } | { status: false; message: string };
 
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
     const titleId = req.query.titleId as string;
     const data = await getOrSetApiCache(titleKey(titleId), title, titleId);
     res.status(200).json({ status: true, data });
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message = 'Not found', statusCode = 404 } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     res.status(statusCode).json({ status: false, message });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey].ts b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey].ts
index 23035a7..4e7eb27 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey].ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey].ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { TitleReviewsCursored } from 'src/interfaces/shared/titleReviews';
 import { cursoredReviews } from 'src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { titleReviewsKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
-import { AppError, cleanQueryStr } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { AppError, cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { keys as titleReviewsQueryKeys } from 'src/utils/constants/titleReviewsFilters';
 
 type ResponseData =
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
       queryStr
     );
     res.status(200).json({ status: true, data });
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message = 'Not found', statusCode = 404 } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     res.status(statusCode).json({ status: false, message });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.ts b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.ts
index 23a5259..f992bd9 100644
--- a/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.ts
+++ b/src/pages/api/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import reviews from 'src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { titleReviewsKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import { keys } from 'src/utils/constants/titleReviewsFilters';
-import { AppError, cleanQueryStr } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { AppError, cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
 type ResponseData = { status: true; data: TitleReviews } | { status: false; message: string };
 
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse<
       queryStr
     );
     res.status(200).json({ status: true, data });
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message = 'Not found', statusCode = 404 } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     res.status(statusCode).json({ status: false, message });
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/pages/find/index.tsx b/src/pages/find/index.tsx
index 0a7e203..7d8dd0a 100644
--- a/src/pages/find/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/find/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Find, { FindQueryParams } from 'src/interfaces/shared/search';
 import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import basicSearch from 'src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
-import { cleanQueryStr } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { findKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import styles from 'src/styles/modules/pages/find/find.module.scss';
 import { findFilterable } from 'src/utils/constants/find';
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, FindQueryParams> = asy
     return {
       props: { data: { title: query, results: res }, error: null, originalPath },
     };
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
     ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/name/[nameId]/index.tsx b/src/pages/name/[nameId]/index.tsx
index fc7695d..b3967d9 100644
--- a/src/pages/name/[nameId]/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/name/[nameId]/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Name from 'src/interfaces/shared/name';
 import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import name from 'src/utils/fetchers/name';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
-import { getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { getErrorProperties, getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { nameKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import styles from 'src/styles/modules/pages/name/name.module.scss';
 
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
     const data = await getOrSetApiCache(nameKey(nameId), name, nameId);
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = error;
-
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
     ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/index.tsx b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/index.tsx
index 67ee92e..51ea836 100644
--- a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import Title from 'src/interfaces/shared/title';
 import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import title from 'src/utils/fetchers/title';
-import { getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { getErrorProperties, getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { titleKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import styles from 'src/styles/modules/pages/title/title.module.scss';
 
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
     const data = await getOrSetApiCache(titleKey(titleId), title, titleId);
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
     ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey]/index.tsx b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey]/index.tsx
index 32bb094..9b82288 100644
--- a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey]/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/[paginationKey]/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { BasicCard, Filters, Pagination, Reviews } from 'src/components/titleRev
 import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import { cursoredReviews } from 'src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews';
-import { cleanQueryStr } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { titleReviewsKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import styles from 'src/styles/modules/pages/titleReviews/titleReviews.module.scss';
 import { TitleReviewsCursored } from 'src/interfaces/shared/titleReviews';
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
     );
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
     ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
 
diff --git a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.tsx b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.tsx
index eb08fbf..d4b37c7 100644
--- a/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/title/[titleId]/reviews/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Filters, Pagination, Reviews, TitleCard } from 'src/components/titleRev
 import { AppError } from 'src/interfaces/shared/error';
 import getOrSetApiCache from 'src/utils/getOrSetApiCache';
 import titleReviews from 'src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews';
-import { cleanQueryStr, getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
+import { cleanQueryStr, getErrorProperties, getProxiedIMDbImgUrl } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import { titleReviewsKey } from 'src/utils/constants/keys';
 import styles from 'src/styles/modules/pages/titleReviews/titleReviews.module.scss';
 import TitleReviews from 'src/interfaces/shared/titleReviews';
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ export const getServerSideProps: GetServerSideProps<Data, Params> = async ctx =>
     );
 
     return { props: { data, error: null, originalPath } };
-  } catch (error: any) {
-    const { message, statusCode } = error;
+  } catch (error) {
+    const { message, statusCode } = getErrorProperties(error);
     ctx.res.statusCode = statusCode;
     ctx.res.statusMessage = message;
 
diff --git a/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts b/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
index 4ce7bfd..463a572 100644
--- a/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
+++ b/src/utils/axiosInstance.ts
@@ -14,4 +14,7 @@ const axiosInstance = axios.create({
   },
 });
 
+
+export const isSaneError = axios.isAxiosError;
+
 export default axiosInstance;
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch.ts b/src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch.ts
index e0e98e9..591883b 100644
--- a/src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fetchers/basicSearch.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import RawFind from 'src/interfaces/misc/rawFind';
-import axiosInstance from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
+import axiosInstance, { isSaneError } from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
 import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 import cleanFind from 'src/utils/cleaners/find';
 
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ const basicSearch = async (queryStr: string) => {
     const cleanData = cleanFind(parsedRawData);
 
     return cleanData;
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.response?.status === 404)
-      throw new AppError('not found', 404, err.cause);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (isSaneError(err) && err.response?.status === 404) throw new AppError('not found', 404, err);
 
-    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err.cause);
+    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchers/name.ts b/src/utils/fetchers/name.ts
index 8982bd1..e0a312b 100644
--- a/src/utils/fetchers/name.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fetchers/name.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import RawName from 'src/interfaces/misc/rawName';
-import axiosInstance from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
+import axiosInstance, { isSaneError } from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
 import cleanName from 'src/utils/cleaners/name';
 import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ const name = async (nameId: string) => {
     const cleanData = cleanName(parsedRawData);
     // returning
     return cleanData;
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.response?.status === 404) throw new AppError('not found', 404, err.cause);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (isSaneError(err) && err.response?.status === 404) throw new AppError('not found', 404, err);
 
-    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err.cause);
+    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchers/title.ts b/src/utils/fetchers/title.ts
index e42510e..ee37385 100644
--- a/src/utils/fetchers/title.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fetchers/title.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
 import RawTitle from 'src/interfaces/misc/rawTitle';
-import axiosInstance from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
+import axiosInstance, { isSaneError } from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
 import cleanTitle from 'src/utils/cleaners/title';
 import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ const title = async (titleId: string) => {
     const cleanData = cleanTitle(parsedRawData);
     // returning
     return cleanData;
-  } catch (err: any) {
-    if (err.response?.status === 404)
-      throw new AppError('not found', 404, err.cause);
+  } catch (err) {
+    if (isSaneError(err) && err.response?.status === 404) throw new AppError('not found', 404, err);
 
-    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err.cause);
+    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews.ts b/src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews.ts
index e28c4c3..3fac6f3 100644
--- a/src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews.ts
+++ b/src/utils/fetchers/titleReviews.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AxiosError } from 'axios';
 import * as cheerio from 'cheerio';
-import axiosInstance from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
+import axiosInstance, { isSaneError } from 'src/utils/axiosInstance';
 import { AppError } from 'src/utils/helpers';
 
 const reviews = async (titleId: string, queryStr = '') => {
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ const reviews = async (titleId: string, queryStr = '') => {
 
     return { meta, list, cursor };
   } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof AxiosError && err.response?.status === 404)
-      throw new AppError('not found', 404, err.cause);
+    if (isSaneError(err) && err.response?.status === 404)
+      throw new AppError('not found', 404, err);
 
     if (err instanceof AppError) throw err;
 
-    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err instanceof Error ? err.cause : undefined);
+    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err);
   }
 };
 
@@ -62,12 +62,12 @@ export const cursoredReviews = async (
 
     return { meta: { title, titleId }, list, cursor };
   } catch (err) {
-    if (err instanceof AxiosError && err.response?.status === 404)
+    if (isSaneError(err) && err.response?.status === 404)
       throw new AppError('not found', 404, err.cause);
 
     if (err instanceof AppError) throw err;
 
-    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err instanceof Error ? err.cause : undefined);
+    throw new AppError('something went wrong', 500, err);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/utils/helpers.ts b/src/utils/helpers.ts
index c74bd8f..2a483ed 100644
--- a/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@ export const getProxiedIMDbImgUrl = (url: string) => {
 };
 
 export const AppError = class extends Error {
-  constructor(message: string, public statusCode: number, cause?: any) {
-    super(message, cause);
+  constructor(message: string, public statusCode: number, errorOptions?: unknown) {
+    const saneErrorOptions = getErrorOptions(errorOptions);
+    super(message, saneErrorOptions);
 
     Error.captureStackTrace(this, AppError);
+    if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') console.error(this);
   }
 };
 
@@ -90,10 +92,7 @@ export const cleanQueryStr = (record: Record<string, string>, filterable: string
   return urlSearchParams.toString();
 };
 
-export const getResTitleTypeHeading = (
-  type: ResultMetaTypes,
-  titleType: ResultMetaTitleTypes
-) => {
+export const getResTitleTypeHeading = (type: ResultMetaTypes, titleType: ResultMetaTitleTypes) => {
   if (type !== 'TITLE') return 'Titles';
 
   for (let i = 0; i < resultTitleTypes.types.length; i++) {
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ export const getResTitleTypeHeading = (
   }
 };
 
-
 export const isLocalStorageAvailable = () => {
   try {
     localStorage.getItem('test');
@@ -110,4 +108,26 @@ export const isLocalStorageAvailable = () => {
   } catch (e) {
     return false;
   }
+};
+
+const getErrorOptions = (error: unknown): ErrorOptions | undefined => {
+  if (!error || typeof error !== 'object') return undefined;
+
+  let cause: unknown;
+  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
+  if ('cause' in error) cause = error.cause;
+  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
+  else if ('stack' in error) cause = error.stack;
+
+  // @ts-expect-error it's not an error! just that project's ts version is old, which can't be upgraded
+  return { cause };
+};
+
+export const getErrorProperties = (
+  error: unknown,
+  message = 'Something went very wrong',
+  statusCode = 500
+) => {
+  if (error instanceof AppError) return error;
+  return new AppError(message, statusCode, error);
 };
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