diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a915f7c..9f53061 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
 include(cmake/color.cmake)
-set(BLT_VERSION 0.18.15)
+set(BLT_VERSION 0.18.16)
 set(BLT_TEST_VERSION 0.0.1)
 
 set(BLT_TARGET BLT)
diff --git a/include/blt/std/assert.h b/include/blt/std/assert.h
index a49313b..0c6f4ef 100644
--- a/include/blt/std/assert.h
+++ b/include/blt/std/assert.h
@@ -18,23 +18,6 @@ namespace blt
     void b_throw(const char* what, const char* path, int line);
     
     void b_abort(const char* what, const char* path, int line);
-    
-    struct abort_exception : public std::exception
-    {
-        public:
-            abort_exception() = default;
-            
-            explicit abort_exception(std::string error): error(std::move(error))
-            {}
-            
-            [[nodiscard]] const char* what() const noexcept override
-            {
-                return error.c_str();
-            }
-        
-        private:
-            std::string error;
-    };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -73,6 +56,6 @@ namespace blt
 #define BLT_THROW(throwable) do {blt::b_throw(throwable.what(), __FILE__, __LINE__); throw throwable;} while(0)
 
 
-#define BLT_ABORT(message) do {blt::b_abort(message, __FILE__, __LINE__); throw blt::abort_exception(); } while (0)
+#define BLT_ABORT(message) do {blt::b_abort(message, __FILE__, __LINE__); std::abort(); } while (0)
 
 #endif //BLT_ASSERT_H
diff --git a/src/blt/std/assert.cpp b/src/blt/std/assert.cpp
index fd615b1..2b596e2 100644
--- a/src/blt/std/assert.cpp
+++ b/src/blt/std/assert.cpp
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <sstream>
+#include <exception>
+
+struct abort_exception : public std::exception
+{
+    public:
+        explicit abort_exception(const char* error): error(error)
+        {}
+        
+        [[nodiscard]] const char* what() const noexcept override
+        {
+            if (error == nullptr)
+                return "Abort called";
+            return error;
+        }
+    
+    private:
+        const char* error{nullptr};
+};
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
     
@@ -129,7 +147,7 @@ namespace blt {
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
         BLT_STACK_TRACE(50);
 #endif
-        BLT_FATAL("----{ABORT}----");
+        BLT_FATAL("----{BLT ABORT}----");
         BLT_FATAL("\tWhat: %s", what);
         BLT_FATAL("\tcalled from %s:%d", path, line);
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__EMSCRIPTEN__)
@@ -137,7 +155,7 @@ namespace blt {
         
         BLT_FREE_STACK_TRACE();
 #endif
-        std::exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+        throw abort_exception(what);
     }