diff --git a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/engine.rs b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/engine.rs
index 01c78b6e2c17..598aa9650617 100644
--- a/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/engine.rs
+++ b/query-engine/query-engine-node-api/src/engine.rs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ impl QueryEngine {
             This usually happens when the javascript object passed to the constructor is missing 
             properties for the ConstructorOptions fields that must have some value.
             
-            If you set some of these in javascript trough environment variables, make sure there are
+            If you set some of these in javascript through environment variables, make sure there are
             values for data_model, log_level, and any field that is not Option<T>
             "###,
         );