diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-pianos-occur.md b/.changeset/thirty-pianos-occur.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b631dc2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-pianos-occur.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@guardian/libs': major
+---
+
+loadScript rejects with an Error
diff --git a/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.test.ts b/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.test.ts
index 990c502ad..2b433cef0 100644
--- a/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.test.ts
+++ b/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.test.ts
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ describe('loadScript', () => {
 	});
 
 	it('rejects if the script fails to load', async () => {
-		await expect(loadScript(badURL)).rejects.toMatch(badURL);
+		expect.assertions(2);
+		try {
+			await loadScript(badURL);
+		} catch (error) {
+			expect(error instanceof Error).toEqual(true);
+			expect((error as Error).message).toEqual('Error loading script: bad-url');
+		}
 	});
 });
diff --git a/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.ts b/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.ts
index 9d18de31b..84d7c71c2 100644
--- a/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.ts
+++ b/libs/@guardian/libs/src/loadScript/loadScript.ts
@@ -35,26 +35,22 @@ export const loadScript = (
 		) => {
 			if (error) {
 				reject(error);
-
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if (typeof event === 'string') {
-				reject(`Error loading script: ${event}`);
-
+				reject(new Error(`Error loading script: ${event}`));
 				return;
 			}
 
 			if (event instanceof Event) {
 				const target = event.target as Element;
-				const src = target.getAttribute('src') ?? '';
-
-				reject(`Error loading script: ${src}`);
-
+				const targetSrc = target.getAttribute('src') ?? '';
+				reject(new Error(`Error loading script: ${targetSrc}`));
 				return;
 			}
 
-			reject(`Error loading script`);
+			reject(new Error(`Error loading script: ${src}`));
 		};
 
 		const ref = document.scripts[0];