diff --git a/lib/app/index.js b/lib/app/index.js
index 0b556cdf82..4972dea315 100644
--- a/lib/app/index.js
+++ b/lib/app/index.js
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ async function createApp (ssrContext) {
         if (typeof err === 'string') {
           err = { statusCode: 500, message: err }
         }
-        this.$options._nuxt.dateErr = Date.now()
-        this.$options._nuxt.err = err;
+        const _nuxt = this._nuxt || this.$options._nuxt
+        _nuxt.dateErr = Date.now()
+        _nuxt.err = err
         return err
       }
     },
@@ -117,11 +118,11 @@ async function createApp (ssrContext) {
     isClient: !ssrContext,
     route: router.currentRoute,
     next,
+    error: app._nuxt.error.bind(app),
     <%= (store ? 'store,' : '') %>
     req: ssrContext ? ssrContext.req : undefined,
     res: ssrContext ? ssrContext.res : undefined,
   }, app)
-  delete ctx.error
 
   // Inject external plugins
   <% plugins.forEach(function (plugin) {