diff --git a/src/main/java/lua/debug/DebugStackState.java b/src/main/java/lua/debug/DebugStackState.java
index c3595fd5..6e325bd0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/lua/debug/DebugStackState.java
+++ b/src/main/java/lua/debug/DebugStackState.java
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ public class DebugStackState extends StackState implements DebugRequestListener
     protected boolean suspended = false;
     protected int lastline = -1;
     protected String lastSource;
-    protected DebugSupport debugSupport = null;
+    protected DebugSupport debugSupport;    
+    protected VMException lastException;
     
 
 	public DebugStackState() {}
@@ -112,26 +113,21 @@ public class DebugStackState extends StackState implements DebugRequestListener
 		error(message, 1);
 	}
 	
-	private void printLuaTrace() {
-		System.out.println( "Lua location: "+getFileLine(cc) );
-		for ( int cindex=cc-1; cindex>=0; cindex-- )
-			System.out.println( "\tin "+getFileLine( cindex ) );
-	}
-	
 	// intercept exceptions and fill in line numbers
 	public void exec() {
 		try {
 			super.exec();
-		} catch (AbortException e) {
+		} catch ( AbortException e ) {
             // ignored. Client aborts the debugging session.
-        } catch ( RuntimeException t ) {        
-			// let other exceptions be processed 
+        }  catch ( VMException e ) {
+			// let VM exceptions be processed 
 			// the same as the base class to minimize differences
 			// between the debug and non-debug behavior
-			
-			debugSupport.notifyDebugEvent(new DebugEventError(t.getMessage()));
+			throw e;
+		} catch ( Exception e ) {        
+        	lastException = new VMException(e);
+			debugSupport.notifyDebugEvent(new DebugEventError(e.getMessage()));
 			suspend();
-			throw t;
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -209,6 +205,10 @@ public class DebugStackState extends StackState implements DebugRequestListener
 					this.wait();
 					if(DebugUtils.IS_DEBUG)
 						DebugUtils.println("resuming execution...");
+					
+					if (lastException != null) {
+						throw lastException;
+					}
 				} catch ( InterruptedException ie ) {
 					ie.printStackTrace();
 				}
diff --git a/src/main/java/lua/debug/VMException.java b/src/main/java/lua/debug/VMException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6d07503e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/lua/debug/VMException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package lua.debug;
+
+public class VMException extends RuntimeException {
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 7876955153693775429L;
+
+	public VMException(Exception e) {
+		super(e.getMessage());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/lua/debug/j2se/StandardLuaJVM.java b/src/main/java/lua/debug/j2se/StandardLuaJVM.java
index 9e5cea61..7587da2e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/lua/debug/j2se/StandardLuaJVM.java
+++ b/src/main/java/lua/debug/j2se/StandardLuaJVM.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import lua.addon.luajava.LuaJava;
 import lua.debug.DebugStackState;
 import lua.debug.DebugSupport;
 import lua.debug.DebugUtils;
+import lua.debug.VMException;
 import lua.io.Closure;
 import lua.io.LoadState;
 import lua.io.Proto;
@@ -220,7 +221,11 @@ public class StandardLuaJVM {
         for (int i = 0; i < numOfScriptArgs; i++) { 
             vargs[i] = new LString(args[i]);
         }
-        getDebugState().doCall(c, vargs);
+        try {
+        	getDebugState().doCall(c, vargs);
+        } catch (VMException e) {
+        	System.err.println("VMException: " + e.getMessage());
+        }
         getDebugState().stop();
     }