diff --git a/lib/error.ts b/lib/error.ts
index e5b6beab..3951830e 100644
--- a/lib/error.ts
+++ b/lib/error.ts
@@ -2,19 +2,25 @@ import APIErrorOptions from './interfaces/APIErrorOptions';
 
 export default class APIError extends Error {
   status: number | string;
-  stack: string;
   details: string;
 
   constructor({
     status,
     statusText,
     message,
-    body = {}
+    body = {},
   }: APIErrorOptions) {
     const { message: bodyMessage, error } = body;
     super();
 
-    this.stack = '';
+    // Maintains proper stack trace for where our error was thrown (only available on V8)
+    if (Error.captureStackTrace) {
+      Error.captureStackTrace(this, APIError);
+    } else {
+      this.stack = '';
+    }
+
+    this.name = 'APIError';
     this.status = status;
     this.message = message || error || statusText;
     this.details = bodyMessage;
diff --git a/test/error.test.ts b/test/error.test.ts
index b9aadb2a..7c5a9ed9 100644
--- a/test/error.test.ts
+++ b/test/error.test.ts
@@ -29,4 +29,14 @@ describe('APIError', function () {
 
     error.message.should.eql('oops. something went wrong');
   });
+
+  it('is an api error', function () {
+    error = new APIError({
+      body: {
+        error: 'oops. something went wrong'
+      }
+    } as APIErrorOptions);
+
+    error.name.should.eql('APIError');
+  });
 });