diff --git a/esp8266/mpconfigport.h b/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
index 05f2cb913b862ae57c5b8561d415a1740c45d0f0..9319db4b381ae6fc73cb815d662b6cbe26e6d13a 100644
--- a/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
+++ b/esp8266/mpconfigport.h
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 #define MICROPY_CPYTHON_COMPAT      (1)
 #define MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL        (MICROPY_LONGINT_IMPL_MPZ)
 #define MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL          (MICROPY_FLOAT_IMPL_FLOAT)
-#define MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING     (MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING_TERSE)
+#define MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING     (MICROPY_ERROR_REPORTING_NORMAL)
 #define MICROPY_STREAMS_NON_BLOCK   (1)
 #define MICROPY_MODULE_FROZEN       (1)
 #define MICROPY_MODULE_FROZEN_LEXER mp_lexer_new_from_str32