diff --git a/lib/launcher.ts b/lib/launcher.ts
index 9ecc0a310..6a92e20ea 100644
--- a/lib/launcher.ts
+++ b/lib/launcher.ts
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ let initFn = function(configFile: string, additionalConfig: Config) {
       .then(() => {
 
         return q
-            .Promise<any>((resolve: Function) => {
+            .Promise<any>((resolve: Function, reject: Function) => {
               // 1) If getMultiCapabilities is set, resolve that as
               // `multiCapabilities`.
               if (config.getMultiCapabilities &&
@@ -123,10 +123,17 @@ let initFn = function(configFile: string, additionalConfig: Config) {
                       'and multiCapabilities');
                 }
                 // If getMultiCapabilities is defined and a function, use this.
-                q.when(config.getMultiCapabilities(), (multiCapabilities) => {
-                   config.multiCapabilities = multiCapabilities;
-                   config.capabilities = null;
-                 }).then(() => resolve());
+                q(config.getMultiCapabilities())
+                    .then((multiCapabilities) => {
+                      config.multiCapabilities = multiCapabilities;
+                      config.capabilities = null;
+                    })
+                    .then(() => {
+                      resolve();
+                    })
+                    .catch(err => {
+                      reject(err);
+                    });
               } else {
                 resolve();
               }
diff --git a/scripts/exitCodes.js b/scripts/errorTest.js
similarity index 87%
rename from scripts/exitCodes.js
rename to scripts/errorTest.js
index 2446b7dc1..4a2effe80 100644
--- a/scripts/exitCodes.js
+++ b/scripts/errorTest.js
@@ -44,3 +44,10 @@ messages = [
   'Cannot run in debug mode with multiCapabilities, count > 1, or sharding',
   'Process exited with error code ' + exitCodes.ConfigError.CODE];
 checkLogs(output, messages);
+
+runProtractor = spawn('node',
+    ['bin/protractor', 'spec/errorTest/getMultiCapabilitiesConf.js']);
+output = runProtractor.stderr.toString();
+messages = [
+  'Error: get multi capabilities failed'];
+checkLogs(output, messages);
diff --git a/scripts/test.js b/scripts/test.js
index fb259729c..4213b1e7d 100755
--- a/scripts/test.js
+++ b/scripts/test.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var passingTests = [
   'node built/cli.js spec/angular2Conf.js',
   'node built/cli.js spec/hybridConf.js',
   'node scripts/driverProviderAttachSession.js',
-  'node scripts/exitCodes.js',
+  'node scripts/errorTest.js',
   'node scripts/interactive_tests/interactive_test.js',
   'node scripts/interactive_tests/with_base_url.js',
   // Unit tests
diff --git a/spec/errorTest/getMultiCapabilitiesConf.js b/spec/errorTest/getMultiCapabilitiesConf.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdcb00e1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/errorTest/getMultiCapabilitiesConf.js
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+var env = require('../environment.js');
+
+exports.config = {
+  seleniumAddress: env.seleniumAddress,
+
+  // Spec patterns are relative to this directory.
+  specs: [
+    '../../basic/mock*'
+  ],
+
+  getMultiCapabilities: function() {
+    return new Promise((resolve) => {
+      throw new Error('get multi capabilities failed');
+    });
+  },
+
+  baseUrl: env.baseUrl + '/ng1/'
+};