diff --git a/plugins/luamacro/_globalinfo.lua b/plugins/luamacro/_globalinfo.lua
index f9fc150dba..27fca4fcca 100644
--- a/plugins/luamacro/_globalinfo.lua
+++ b/plugins/luamacro/_globalinfo.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 function export.GetGlobalInfo()
   return {
-    Version       = { 3, 0, 0, 857 },
+    Version       = { 3, 0, 0, 858 },
     MinFarVersion = { 3, 0, 0, 6380 },
     Guid          = win.Uuid("4EBBEFC8-2084-4B7F-94C0-692CE136894D"),
     Title         = "LuaMacro",
diff --git a/plugins/luamacro/changelog b/plugins/luamacro/changelog
index 5dee2fa779..1829200d71 100644
--- a/plugins/luamacro/changelog
+++ b/plugins/luamacro/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+shmuel 2024-11-07 19:43:26+02:00 - build 858
+
+1. LuaFAR: prevent a certain kind of crashes
+   E.g. lua:far.Timer(1000, function() error {} end)
+
 shmuel 2024-11-06 23:51:17+02:00 - build 857
 
 1. LuaFAR: change win.JoinPath a little (see the manual)
diff --git a/plugins/luamacro/luafar/exported.c b/plugins/luamacro/luafar/exported.c
index e7441efbf4..156607ac8a 100644
--- a/plugins/luamacro/luafar/exported.c
+++ b/plugins/luamacro/luafar/exported.c
@@ -110,10 +110,12 @@ int pcall_msg(lua_State* L, int narg, int nret)
 			status2 = lua_pcall(L,1,0,0);
 		}
 
-		if (status2 != 0)
-		{
-			LF_Error(L, check_utf8_string(L, -1, NULL));
-			lua_pop(L, 1);
+		if (status2 != 0) {
+			if (lua_isstring(L, -1)) // this check prevents crashes
+				LF_Error (L, check_utf8_string(L, -1, NULL));
+			else
+				LF_Error (L, L"error object is not a string");
+			lua_pop (L, 1);
 		}
 
 		*Flags &= ~PDF_PROCESSINGERROR;
diff --git a/plugins/luamacro/luafar/version.h b/plugins/luamacro/luafar/version.h
index b75158e788..1dd4864a84 100644
--- a/plugins/luamacro/luafar/version.h
+++ b/plugins/luamacro/luafar/version.h
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #include <farversion.hpp>
 
-#define PLUGIN_BUILD 857
+#define PLUGIN_BUILD 858