diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 94ce2e9ef0..08572c4c67 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
         "contribute.json"
     ],
     "style": "bundle.css",
+    "matrix_i18n_extra_translation_funcs": [
+        "UserFriendlyError"
+    ],
     "scripts": {
         "i18n": "matrix-gen-i18n",
         "prunei18n": "matrix-prune-i18n",
@@ -141,7 +144,7 @@
         "json-loader": "^0.5.7",
         "loader-utils": "^3.0.0",
         "matrix-mock-request": "^2.5.0",
-        "matrix-web-i18n": "^1.3.0",
+        "matrix-web-i18n": "^1.4.0",
         "mini-css-extract-plugin": "^1",
         "minimist": "^1.2.6",
         "mkdirp": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/src/vector/app.tsx b/src/vector/app.tsx
index 5e0cec7f90..6614948abd 100644
--- a/src/vector/app.tsx
+++ b/src/vector/app.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import "matrix-js-sdk/src/browser-index";
 
 import React, { ReactElement } from "react";
 import PlatformPeg from "matrix-react-sdk/src/PlatformPeg";
-import { _td, newTranslatableError } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler";
+import { UserFriendlyError } from "matrix-react-sdk/src/languageHandler";
 import AutoDiscoveryUtils from "matrix-react-sdk/src/utils/AutoDiscoveryUtils";
 import { AutoDiscovery } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/autodiscovery";
 import * as Lifecycle from "matrix-react-sdk/src/Lifecycle";
@@ -168,16 +168,14 @@ async function verifyServerConfig(): Promise<IConfigOptions> {
         const incompatibleOptions = [wkConfig, serverName, hsUrl].filter((i) => !!i);
         if (incompatibleOptions.length > 1) {
             // noinspection ExceptionCaughtLocallyJS
-            throw newTranslatableError(
-                _td(
-                    "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, " +
-                        "or default_hs_url.",
-                ),
+            throw new UserFriendlyError(
+                "Invalid configuration: can only specify one of default_server_config, default_server_name, " +
+                    "or default_hs_url.",
             );
         }
         if (incompatibleOptions.length < 1) {
             // noinspection ExceptionCaughtLocallyJS
-            throw newTranslatableError(_td("Invalid configuration: no default server specified."));
+            throw new UserFriendlyError("Invalid configuration: no default server specified.");
         }
 
         if (hsUrl) {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c1cf6f0822..deac1ddf28 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -8167,10 +8167,10 @@ matrix-mock-request@^2.5.0:
     what-input "^5.2.10"
     zxcvbn "^4.4.2"
 
-matrix-web-i18n@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-web-i18n/-/matrix-web-i18n-1.3.0.tgz#d85052635215173541f56ea1af0cbefd6e09ecb3"
-  integrity sha512-4QumouFjd4//piyRCtkfr24kjMPHkzNQNz09B1oEX4W3d4gdd5F+lwErqcQrys7Yl09U0S0iKCD8xPBRV178qg==
+matrix-web-i18n@^1.4.0:
+  version "1.4.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/matrix-web-i18n/-/matrix-web-i18n-1.4.0.tgz#f383a3ebc29d3fd6eb137d38cc4c3198771cc073"
+  integrity sha512-+NP2h4zdft+2H/6oFQ0i2PBm00Ei6HpUHke8rklgpe/yCABBG5Q7gIQdZoxazi0DXWWtcvvIfgamPZmkg6oRwA==
   dependencies:
     "@babel/parser" "^7.18.5"
     "@babel/traverse" "^7.18.5"