diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
index b877771b73..cf16cc9317 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.spec.ts
@@ -266,6 +266,7 @@ describe('FormSectionComponent test suite', () => {
 
     it('should set a section Error when init form model fails', () => {
       formBuilderService.modelFromConfiguration.and.throwError('test');
+      translateService.instant.and.returnValue('test');
       const sectionData = {};
       const sectionError: SubmissionSectionError = {
         message: 'test' + 'Error: test',
diff --git a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
index a62c52f634..6ed91782d0 100644
--- a/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/submission/sections/form/section-form.component.ts
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ export class FormSectionComponent extends SectionModelComponent {
         sectionData,
         this.submissionService.getSubmissionScope());
     } catch (e) {
-      const msg = this.translate.instant('error.submission.sections.init-form-error');
+      const msg: string = this.translate.instant('error.submission.sections.init-form-error') + e.toString();
       const sectionError: SubmissionSectionError = {
-        message: msg + e.toString(),
+        message: msg,
         path: '/sections/' + this.sectionData.id
       };
       this.sectionService.setSectionError(this.submissionId, this.sectionData.id, sectionError);