diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
index 76a00ef..9d231f3 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/Content/Node/entrypoint-http.js
@@ -69,18 +69,21 @@
 	            if (!hasSentResult) {
 	                hasSentResult = true;
 	                if (errorValue) {
-	                    res.statusCode = 500;
-	                    if (errorValue.stack) {
-	                        res.end(errorValue.stack);
-	                    }
-	                    else {
-	                        res.end(errorValue.toString());
-	                    }
+	                    respondWithError(res, errorValue);
 	                }
 	                else if (typeof successValue !== 'string') {
 	                    // Arbitrary object/number/etc - JSON-serialize it
+	                    var successValueJson = void 0;
+	                    try {
+	                        successValueJson = JSON.stringify(successValue);
+	                    }
+	                    catch (ex) {
+	                        // JSON serialization error - pass it back to .NET
+	                        respondWithError(res, ex);
+	                        return;
+	                    }
 	                    res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
-	                    res.end(JSON.stringify(successValue));
+	                    res.end(JSON.stringify(successValueJson));
 	                }
 	                else {
 	                    // String - can bypass JSON-serialization altogether
@@ -129,6 +132,10 @@
 	        .on('data', function (chunk) { requestBodyAsString += chunk; })
 	        .on('end', function () { callback(JSON.parse(requestBodyAsString)); });
 	}
+	function respondWithError(res, errorValue) {
+	    res.statusCode = 500;
+	    res.end(errorValue.stack || errorValue.toString());
+	}
 
 
 /***/ },
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
index 431810e..5bb8623 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.NodeServices/TypeScript/HttpNodeInstanceEntryPoint.ts
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
             if (!hasSentResult) {
                 hasSentResult = true;
                 if (errorValue) {
-                    res.statusCode = 500;
-
-                    if (errorValue.stack) {
-                        res.end(errorValue.stack);
-                    } else {
-                        res.end(errorValue.toString());
-                    }
+                    respondWithError(res, errorValue);
                 } else if (typeof successValue !== 'string') {
                     // Arbitrary object/number/etc - JSON-serialize it
+                    let successValueJson: string;
+                    try {
+                        successValueJson = JSON.stringify(successValue);
+                    } catch (ex) {
+                        // JSON serialization error - pass it back to .NET
+                        respondWithError(res, ex);
+                        return;
+                    }
                     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json');
-                    res.end(JSON.stringify(successValue));
+                    res.end(JSON.stringify(successValueJson));
                 } else {
                     // String - can bypass JSON-serialization altogether
                     res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain');
@@ -82,3 +84,8 @@ function readRequestBodyAsJson(request, callback) {
         .on('data', chunk => { requestBodyAsString += chunk; })
         .on('end', () => { callback(JSON.parse(requestBodyAsString)); });
 }
+
+function respondWithError(res: http.ServerResponse, errorValue: any) {
+    res.statusCode = 500;
+    res.end(errorValue.stack || errorValue.toString());
+}