diff --git a/src/interfaces/node.cpp b/src/interfaces/node.cpp
index bd1b36fea..7995d8d7b 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/node.cpp
+++ b/src/interfaces/node.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ namespace {
 class NodeImpl : public Node
 {
 public:
-    void initError(const std::string& message) override { InitError(Untranslated(message)); }
+    void initError(const bilingual_str& message) override { InitError(message); }
     bool parseParameters(int argc, const char* const argv[], std::string& error) override
     {
         return gArgs.ParseParameters(argc, argv, error);
diff --git a/src/interfaces/node.h b/src/interfaces/node.h
index 0b7fb6736..fad84789c 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/node.h
+++ b/src/interfaces/node.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~Node() {}
 
     //! Send init error.
-    virtual void initError(const std::string& message) = 0;
+    virtual void initError(const bilingual_str& message) = 0;
 
     //! Set command line arguments.
     virtual bool parseParameters(int argc, const char* const argv[], std::string& error) = 0;
diff --git a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
index 3e7a3e927..2cfc0f783 100644
--- a/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
+++ b/src/qt/bitcoin.cpp
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
     SetupUIArgs();
     std::string error;
     if (!node->parseParameters(argc, argv, error)) {
-        node->initError(strprintf("Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n", error));
+        node->initError(strprintf(Untranslated("Error parsing command line arguments: %s\n"), error));
         // Create a message box, because the gui has neither been created nor has subscribed to core signals
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, PACKAGE_NAME,
             // message can not be translated because translations have not been initialized
@@ -498,13 +498,13 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
     /// 6. Determine availability of data directory and parse bitcoin.conf
     /// - Do not call GetDataDir(true) before this step finishes
     if (!CheckDataDirOption()) {
-        node->initError(strprintf("Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n", gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "")));
+        node->initError(strprintf(Untranslated("Specified data directory \"%s\" does not exist.\n"), gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", "")));
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, PACKAGE_NAME,
             QObject::tr("Error: Specified data directory \"%1\" does not exist.").arg(QString::fromStdString(gArgs.GetArg("-datadir", ""))));
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
     if (!node->readConfigFiles(error)) {
-        node->initError(strprintf("Error reading configuration file: %s\n", error));
+        node->initError(strprintf(Untranslated("Error reading configuration file: %s\n"), error));
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, PACKAGE_NAME,
             QObject::tr("Error: Cannot parse configuration file: %1.").arg(QString::fromStdString(error)));
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ int GuiMain(int argc, char* argv[])
     try {
         node->selectParams(gArgs.GetChainName());
     } catch(std::exception &e) {
-        node->initError(strprintf("%s\n", e.what()));
+        node->initError(Untranslated(strprintf("%s\n", e.what())));
         QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, PACKAGE_NAME, QObject::tr("Error: %1").arg(e.what()));
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }