From d78b94372806507ccc3f7a86142a9e32b5f01103 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Emma Mansell <73774046+7emansell@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:40:44 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Tweaking error handling on helper

---
 pages/api/account/helpers.ts | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pages/api/account/helpers.ts b/pages/api/account/helpers.ts
index a58fbb087..db4dd30e9 100644
--- a/pages/api/account/helpers.ts
+++ b/pages/api/account/helpers.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export async function updateUsername(
         // Username taken but not an error, returns a message.
         return { status: 200, message: "Username taken" }
       } else {
-        return { status: 500, message: "Username update failed" }
+        throw new Error("Username update failed")
       }
     }
   } catch (error) {