diff --git a/src/ajax.php b/src/ajax.php
index 3a8d3ad..18eb4a6 100644
--- a/src/ajax.php
+++ b/src/ajax.php
@@ -803,16 +803,12 @@ function myExceptionHandler($e)
 	{
 		if(-1 == $e->getCode()) {
 			//thrown in myErrorHandler
-			error_log($e->getMessage());
-			echo $e->getMessage()."\n". $e->getTraceAsString();
-			exit;
+			die2($e->getMessage()."\n". $e->getTraceAsString(), $e->getMessage());
 		}
-		error_log('Exception: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine());
-		echo 'Exception: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine(); //."\n". $e->getTraceAsString();
+		die2('Exception: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine());
 	}
 	catch(Exception $e) {
-		error_log('Exception in ExceptionHandler: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine());
-		echo 'Exception in ExceptionHandler: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine();
+		die2('Exception in ExceptionHandler: \''. $e->getMessage() .'\' in '. $e->getFile() .':'. $e->getLine());
 	}
 	exit;
 }
diff --git a/src/init.php b/src/init.php
index 0b0346d..550f46a 100644
--- a/src/init.php
+++ b/src/init.php
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if(Config::get('db') == 'mysql')
 		$db->connect(Config::get('mysql.host'), Config::get('mysql.user'), Config::get('mysql.password'), Config::get('mysql.db'));
 	}
 	catch(Exception $e) {
-		die("Failed to connect to mysql database: ". $e->getMessage());
+		die2("Failed to connect to mysql database: ". $e->getMessage());
 	}
 	$db->dq("SET NAMES utf8");
 }
@@ -163,4 +163,11 @@ function jsonExit($data)
 	exit;
 }
 
+function die2($userText, $errText = null)
+{
+	$errText === null ? error_log($userText) : error_log($errText);
+	echo $userText;
+	exit(1);
+}
+
 ?>
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