diff --git a/src/.gdbinit b/src/.gdbinit
index 77c560c2..747b2231 100644
--- a/src/.gdbinit
+++ b/src/.gdbinit
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+catch throw
+
 python
 sys.path.insert(0, '../gdb/')
 import gdb.printing