diff --git a/README.html b/README.html
index dc7567fd..52a5b5d1 100644
--- a/README.html
+++ b/README.html
@@ -909,6 +909,7 @@ Files are no longer hosted at LuaForge.
 <li>Fix os.time() to return a number of seconds.</li>
 <li>Implement formatting with os.date(), and table argument for os.time().</li>
 <li>Refactor APIs related to compiling and loading scripts.</li>
+<li>Let errors thrown in debug hooks bubble up to the running coroutine.</li>
 
 </ul></td></tr>
 </table></td></tr></table>
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaError.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaError.java
index 7c6c5540..cbe68eb8 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaError.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaError.java
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 ******************************************************************************/
 package org.luaj.vm2;
 
-import org.luaj.vm2.lib.DebugLib;
 
 /**
  * RuntimeException that is thrown and caught in response to a lua error. 
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaThread.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaThread.java
index a9450437..0bee9bb8 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaThread.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/LuaThread.java
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ package org.luaj.vm2;
 
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 
-import org.luaj.vm2.lib.DebugLib;
-
 /** 
  * Subclass of {@link LuaValue} that implements 
  * a lua coroutine thread using Java Threads.
diff --git a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/lib/DebugLib.java b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/lib/DebugLib.java
index e6e23947..860771c9 100644
--- a/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/lib/DebugLib.java
+++ b/src/core/org/luaj/vm2/lib/DebugLib.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.luaj.vm2.Globals;
 import org.luaj.vm2.Lua;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaBoolean;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaClosure;
+import org.luaj.vm2.LuaError;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaFunction;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaNil;
 import org.luaj.vm2.LuaNumber;
@@ -432,8 +433,10 @@ public class DebugLib extends TwoArgFunction {
 		t.inhook = true;
 		try {
 			t.hookfunc.call(type, arg);
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
+		} catch (LuaError e) {
+			throw e;
+		} catch (RuntimeException e) {
+			throw new LuaError(e);
 		} finally {
 			t.inhook = false;
 		}