diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/devices/mediaInitializer.ts b/packages/react-client/src/devices/mediaInitializer.ts
index 60154002..6d2c9f89 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/devices/mediaInitializer.ts
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/devices/mediaInitializer.ts
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ const getSingleMedia = async <T extends "audio" | "video">(
     const stream = await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia({ ...baseConstraints, [type]: constraints });
     return [stream, null];
   } catch (err) {
-    if (!(err instanceof DOMException)) return [null, UNHANDLED_ERROR];
-
-    return [null, errorMap[err.name] ?? UNHANDLED_ERROR];
+    const name = err instanceof Error ? err.name : "";
+    return [null, errorMap[name] ?? UNHANDLED_ERROR];
   }
 };
 
@@ -50,23 +49,23 @@ export const getAvailableMedia = async (
   try {
     return { stream: await navigator.mediaDevices.getUserMedia(constraints), errors };
   } catch (err: unknown) {
-    if (err instanceof DOMException) {
-      switch (err.name) {
-        case errors.audio?.name:
-        case errors.video?.name:
-          return { stream: null, errors };
-        case "NotFoundError":
-          return tryToGetAudioOnlyThenVideoOnly(constraints, PERMISSION_DENIED);
-        case "OverconstrainedError":
-          return getAvailableMedia(
-            { audio: unspecifyDevice(constraints.audio), video: unspecifyDevice(constraints.video) },
-            { audio: OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR, video: OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR },
-          );
-        case "NotAllowedError":
-          return tryToGetAudioOnlyThenVideoOnly(constraints, PERMISSION_DENIED);
-      }
+    const name = err instanceof Error ? err.name : "";
+    switch (name) {
+      case errors.audio?.name:
+      case errors.video?.name:
+        return { stream: null, errors };
+      case "NotFoundError":
+        return tryToGetAudioOnlyThenVideoOnly(constraints, PERMISSION_DENIED);
+      case "OverconstrainedError":
+        return getAvailableMedia(
+          { audio: unspecifyDevice(constraints.audio), video: unspecifyDevice(constraints.video) },
+          { audio: OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR, video: OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR },
+        );
+      case "NotAllowedError":
+        return tryToGetAudioOnlyThenVideoOnly(constraints, PERMISSION_DENIED);
+      default:
+        return { stream: null, errors: { audio: UNHANDLED_ERROR, video: UNHANDLED_ERROR } };
     }
-    return { stream: null, errors: { audio: UNHANDLED_ERROR, video: UNHANDLED_ERROR } };
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/react-client/src/utils/errors.ts b/packages/react-client/src/utils/errors.ts
index cc5afe25..73272796 100644
--- a/packages/react-client/src/utils/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/react-client/src/utils/errors.ts
@@ -10,18 +10,16 @@ export const UNHANDLED_ERROR: DeviceError = { name: "UNHANDLED_ERROR" };
 // https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/getUserMedia#exceptions
 // OverconstrainedError has higher priority than NotAllowedError
 export const parseUserMediaError = (error: unknown, logger: ReturnType<typeof getLogger>): DeviceError => {
-  if (!(error instanceof DOMException)) {
-    logger.warn({ name: "Unhandled getUserMedia error", error });
-    return UNHANDLED_ERROR;
+  const name = error instanceof Error ? error.name : "";
+  switch (name) {
+    case "NotAllowedError":
+      return PERMISSION_DENIED;
+    case "OverconstrainedError":
+      return OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR;
+    case "NotFoundError":
+      return NOT_FOUND_ERROR;
+    default:
+      logger.warn({ name: "Unhandled getUserMedia error", error });
+      return UNHANDLED_ERROR;
   }
-
-  if (error.name === "NotAllowedError") {
-    return PERMISSION_DENIED;
-  } else if (error.name === "OverconstrainedError") {
-    return OVERCONSTRAINED_ERROR;
-  } else if (error.name === "NotFoundError") {
-    return NOT_FOUND_ERROR;
-  }
-
-  return UNHANDLED_ERROR;
 };