diff --git a/oxygine/src/oxygine/Event.h b/oxygine/src/oxygine/Event.h
index e79fcee66..4dfa29ea2 100644
--- a/oxygine/src/oxygine/Event.h
+++ b/oxygine/src/oxygine/Event.h
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ namespace oxygine
     class Event
     {
     public:
-        enum { COMPLETE = sysEventID('C', 'M', 'P') };
+        enum { 
+           COMPLETE = sysEventID('C', 'M', 'P'),
+            ERROR = sysEventID('E', 'R', 'R')
+         };
 
         enum Phase
         {
diff --git a/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.cpp b/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.cpp
index 6de0c033f..3d1862786 100644
--- a/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.cpp
+++ b/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,13 @@ namespace oxygine
             listenerbase& ls = copy[i];
             event->currentTarget = this;
             event->listenerID = ls.id;
-            ls.cb(event);
+            try{
+               ls.cb(event);
+            } catch (const oxygine::event_exception &ex) { 
+               Event e(Event::ERROR);
+               e.userData = (void*) &ex;
+               dispatchEvent(&e);
+            }
             if (event->stopsImmediatePropagation)
                 break;
         }
diff --git a/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.h b/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.h
index 1f3cd6e83..e9ef93e04 100644
--- a/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.h
+++ b/oxygine/src/oxygine/EventDispatcher.h
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ namespace oxygine
 #define  EventID(str) EventIDc11(str)
 
 
+   class event_exception : public std::runtime_error { 
+   public:
+      event_exception(const char* what) : std::runtime_error(what) { }
+      event_exception(const event_exception &other) : event_exception(other.what()) { }
+   };
     DECLARE_SMART(EventDispatcher, spEventDispatcher);
     class EventDispatcher: public Object
     {