diff --git a/src/models/profile/profile.model.ts b/src/models/profile/profile.model.ts
index 92b629705..ea5ead150 100644
--- a/src/models/profile/profile.model.ts
+++ b/src/models/profile/profile.model.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export class Profile {
     x.checkedUA = obj.checkedUA || {};
 
     if (x.credentials[0] && typeof x.credentials[0] != 'object')
-      throw ("credentials should be an object");
+      throw new Error("credentials should be an object");
     return x;
   };
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export class Profile {
 
   public addWallet(credentials: any): boolean {
     if (!credentials.walletId)
-      throw 'credentials must have .walletId';
+      throw new Error('credentials must have .walletId');
 
     if (this.hasWallet(credentials.walletId))
       return false;
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class Profile {
 
   public updateWallet(credentials: any): boolean {
     if (!credentials.walletId)
-      throw 'credentials must have .walletId';
+      throw new Error('credentials must have .walletId');
 
     if (!this.hasWallet(credentials.walletId))
       return false;
diff --git a/src/providers/profile/profile.ts b/src/providers/profile/profile.ts
index 6a2706e5a..c88015979 100644
--- a/src/providers/profile/profile.ts
+++ b/src/providers/profile/profile.ts
@@ -937,7 +937,7 @@ export class ProfileProvider {
 
   public getWallets(opts?: any) {
 
-    if (opts && !_.isObject(opts)) throw "bad argument";
+    if (opts && !_.isObject(opts)) throw new Error("bad argument");
 
     opts = opts || {};
 
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 786661c3c..689bde925 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "curly": false,
     "object-literal-shorthand": false,
     "member-access": false,
-    "no-string-throw": false,
     "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
     "array-type": false
   }