diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9f3f64fc..b5463654 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
 - Fix field error message color
 - [#433](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/433): Fix issue with rendering an incorrect title value on the content dashboard
+- [#462](https://github.com/estruyf/vscode-front-matter/issues/462): Fix issue in script error notification
 
 ## [8.1.2] - 2022-10-06
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/CustomScript.ts b/src/helpers/CustomScript.ts
index 95525db5..e80c893c 100644
--- a/src/helpers/CustomScript.ts
+++ b/src/helpers/CustomScript.ts
@@ -195,7 +195,11 @@ export class CustomScript {
       const output = await CustomScript.executeScript(script, wsPath, `"${wsPath}" "${contentPath}" ${articleData}`);
       return output;
     } catch (e) {
-      Notifications.error(`${script.title}: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+      if (typeof e === "string") {
+        Notifications.error(`${script.title}: ${e}`);
+      } else {
+        Notifications.error(`${script.title}: ${(e as Error).message}`);
+      }
       return null;
     }
   }
@@ -285,6 +289,7 @@ export class CustomScript {
       exec(fullScript, (error, stdout) => {
         if (error) {
           reject(error.message);
+          return;
         }
 
         if (stdout && stdout.endsWith(`\n`)) {