diff --git a/packages/asm/src.ts/assembler.ts b/packages/asm/src.ts/assembler.ts
index ce91f14927..3033e900dd 100644
--- a/packages/asm/src.ts/assembler.ts
+++ b/packages/asm/src.ts/assembler.ts
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ export type AssembleVisitFunc = (node: Node, bytecode: string) => void;
 export type VisitFunc = (node: Node) => void;
 
 function throwError(message: string, location: Location): never {
-    return logger.throwError(message, "ASSEMBLER", {
+    return logger.throwError(message, <any>"ASSEMBLER", {
         location: location
     });
 }
diff --git a/packages/hdnode/src.ts/index.ts b/packages/hdnode/src.ts/index.ts
index d15e58531b..bef61c96e0 100644
--- a/packages/hdnode/src.ts/index.ts
+++ b/packages/hdnode/src.ts/index.ts
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ export class HDNode implements ExternallyOwnedAccount {
                 return new HDNode(_constructorGuard, hexlify(key.slice(1)), null, parentFingerprint, chainCode, index, depth, null);
         }
 
-        return logger.throwError("invalid extended key", "extendedKey", "[REDACTED]");
+        return logger.throwArgumentError("invalid extended key", "extendedKey", "[REDACTED]");
     }
 }