diff --git a/src/ripple/app/main/BasicApp.cpp b/src/ripple/app/main/BasicApp.cpp
index a728e0da0..5a25fdbaa 100644
--- a/src/ripple/app/main/BasicApp.cpp
+++ b/src/ripple/app/main/BasicApp.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <BeastConfig.h>
 #include <ripple/app/main/BasicApp.h>
 #include <ripple/beast/core/Thread.h>
+#include <ripple/core/ReportUncaughtException.h>
 
 BasicApp::BasicApp(std::size_t numberOfThreads)
 {
@@ -27,11 +28,15 @@ BasicApp::BasicApp(std::size_t numberOfThreads)
     threads_.reserve(numberOfThreads);
     while(numberOfThreads--)
         threads_.emplace_back(
-            [this, numberOfThreads](){
+            [this, numberOfThreads]()
+            {
                 beast::Thread::setCurrentThreadName(
                     std::string("io_service #") +
                         std::to_string(numberOfThreads));
-                this->io_service_.run();
+
+                ripple::reportUncaughtException (&io_service_,
+                    &boost::asio::io_service::run,
+                        "io_service::run");
             });
 }