diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 5b3acbf..8a07998 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+unreleased
+==========
+
+  * Fix heading content to not include stack
+
 1.3.1 / 2014-12-31
 ==================
 
@@ -10,6 +15,11 @@
 
   * Add `log` option
 
+1.2.4 / 2015-01-01
+==================
+
+  * Fix heading content to not include stack
+
 1.2.3 / 2014-11-21
 ==================
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index f23dca8..386b7b6 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (The MIT License)
 
 Copyright (c) 2014 Jonathan Ong <me@jongleberry.com>
+Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Douglas Christopher Wilson <doug@somethingdoug.com>
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
 a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 652c13b..4d8b372 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * Copyright(c) 2010 Sencha Inc.
  * Copyright(c) 2011 TJ Holowaychuk
  * Copyright(c) 2014 Jonathan Ong
- * Copyright(c) 2014 Douglas Christopher Wilson
+ * Copyright(c) 2014-2015 Douglas Christopher Wilson
  * MIT Licensed
  */
 
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ var util = require('util')
  * @private
  */
 
+var doubleSpaceGlobalRegExp = /  /g
 var inspect = util.inspect
+var newLineGlobalRegExp = /\n/g
 var toString = Object.prototype.toString
 
 /* istanbul ignore next */
@@ -111,17 +113,24 @@ exports = module.exports = function errorHandler(options) {
         if (e) return next(e);
         fs.readFile(__dirname + '/public/error.html', 'utf8', function(e, html){
           if (e) return next(e);
-          var stack = String(err.stack || '')
-            .split('\n').slice(1)
-            .map(function(v){ return '<li>' + escapeHtml(v).replace(/  /g, ' &nbsp;') + '</li>'; }).join('');
-            html = html
-              .replace('{style}', style)
-              .replace('{stack}', stack)
-              .replace('{title}', escapeHtml(exports.title))
-              .replace('{statusCode}', res.statusCode)
-              .replace(/\{error\}/g, escapeHtml(str).replace(/  /g, ' &nbsp;').replace(/\n/g, '<br>'))
-            res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8');
-            res.end(html);
+          var isInspect = !err.stack && String(err) === toString.call(err)
+          var errorHtml = !isInspect
+            ? escapeHtmlBlock(str.split('\n', 1)[0] || 'Error')
+            : 'Error'
+          var stack = !isInspect
+            ? String(str).split('\n').slice(1)
+            : [str]
+          var stackHtml = stack
+            .map(function (v) { return '<li>' + escapeHtmlBlock(v) + '</li>' })
+            .join('')
+          var body = html
+            .replace('{style}', style)
+            .replace('{stack}', stackHtml)
+            .replace('{title}', escapeHtml(exports.title))
+            .replace('{statusCode}', res.statusCode)
+            .replace(/\{error\}/g, errorHtml)
+          res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=utf-8')
+          res.end(body)
         });
       });
     // json
@@ -145,6 +154,17 @@ exports = module.exports = function errorHandler(options) {
 
 exports.title = 'Connect';
 
+/**
+ * Escape a block of HTML, preserving whitespace.
+ * @api private
+ */
+
+function escapeHtmlBlock(str) {
+  return escapeHtml(str)
+  .replace(doubleSpaceGlobalRegExp, ' &nbsp;')
+  .replace(newLineGlobalRegExp, '<br>')
+}
+
 /**
  * Stringify a value.
  * @api private
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index a34ba56..5bf0e66 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ describe('errorHandler()', function () {
         .get('/')
         .set('Accept', 'text/html')
         .expect('Content-Type', /text\/html/)
-        .expect(/<title>/)
-        .expect(/Error: boom!/)
-        .expect(/ &nbsp; &nbsp;at/)
+        .expect(/<title>Error: boom!<\/title>/)
+        .expect(/<h2><em>500<\/em> Error: boom!<\/h2>/)
+        .expect(/<li> &nbsp; &nbsp;at/)
         .end(done)
       })
     })