diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Pluggable.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Pluggable.pm
index 9b82fd856..22802dab8 100644
--- a/lib/WebGUI/Pluggable.pm
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Pluggable.pm
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ sub instanciate {
     }
     my $object;
     if (! eval{$object = $module->$sub(@{$params}); 1}) {
+        if ( ref $@ ) {
+            die $@;
+        }
         croak "Could not instanciate object using $sub on $module because $@";
     }
     if (defined $object) {