diff --git a/src/helpers/errors.js b/src/helpers/errors.js
index 00e3e7a..3fe368d 100644
--- a/src/helpers/errors.js
+++ b/src/helpers/errors.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import typedError from 'error/typed';
 const errors = {};
 
 errors.WorkerTimeoutError = typedError({
-  type: 'WorkerTimeout',
+  type: 'WorkerTimeoutError',
   message: 'worker timed out, timeout={timeout}',
   timeout: null,
   jobId: null
diff --git a/src/worker.js b/src/worker.js
index acc4fa3..23c4b2e 100644
--- a/src/worker.js
+++ b/src/worker.js
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export default class Job extends events.EventEmitter {
       });
     }, (jobErr) => {
       // job execution failed
-      if (jobErr.type === 'WorkerTimeout') {
+      if (jobErr.type === 'WorkerTimeoutError') {
         this.debug(`Timeout on job ${job._id}`);
         this.emit('job_timeout', jobErr);
         return;