diff --git a/spec/app/undo-manager-spec.coffee b/spec/app/undo-manager-spec.coffee
index b9807090e..69d1c72df 100644
--- a/spec/app/undo-manager-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/undo-manager-spec.coffee
@@ -102,14 +102,13 @@ describe "UndoManager", ->
       it "undoes operations that occured prior to an exception when the transaction is undone", ->
         buffer.setText("jumpstreet")
 
-        try
+        expect(->
           undoManager.transact ->
             buffer.insert([0,0], "3")
             buffer.insert([0,0], "2")
             throw new Error("problem")
             buffer.insert([0,0], "2")
-        catch e
-          expect(e.message).toBe "problem"
+        ).toThrow('problem')
 
         expect(buffer.lineForRow(0)).toBe "23jumpstreet"
         undoManager.undo()
@@ -186,8 +185,11 @@ describe "UndoManager", ->
         do: -> throw new Error("I'm a bad do operation")
 
       buffer.insert([0,0], "1")
-      undoManager.pushOperation(new FailingOperation())
-      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalled()
+
+      expect(->
+        undoManager.pushOperation(new FailingOperation())
+      ).toThrow("I'm a bad do operation")
+
       undoManager.undo()
       expect(buffer.lineForRow(0)).toBe "1word"
 
@@ -200,8 +202,9 @@ describe "UndoManager", ->
 
       buffer.insert([0,0], "1")
       undoManager.pushOperation(new FailingOperation())
-      undoManager.undo()
-      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(->
+        undoManager.undo()
+      ).toThrow("I'm a bad undo operation")
       expect(buffer.lineForRow(0)).toBe "1word"
 
   describe "when an `redo` operation throws an exception", ->
@@ -209,11 +212,12 @@ describe "UndoManager", ->
       spyOn(console, 'error')
       buffer.setText("word")
       class FailingOperation
-        redo: -> throw new Error("I'm a bad undo operation")
+        redo: -> throw new Error("I'm a bad redo operation")
 
       buffer.insert([0,0], "1")
       undoManager.pushOperation(new FailingOperation())
       undoManager.undo()
-      undoManager.redo()
-      expect(console.error).toHaveBeenCalled()
+      expect(->
+        undoManager.redo()
+      ).toThrow("I'm a bad redo operation")
       expect(buffer.lineForRow(0)).toBe "1word"
diff --git a/src/app/undo-manager.coffee b/src/app/undo-manager.coffee
index f13b46983..fc5b73e00 100644
--- a/src/app/undo-manager.coffee
+++ b/src/app/undo-manager.coffee
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ class UndoManager
     try
       operation.do?(editSession)
     catch e
-      console.error e.stack
       @clear()
+      throw e
 
   transact: (fn) ->
     isNewTransaction = not @currentTransaction?
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ class UndoManager
         @redoHistory.push batch
         batch.oldSelectionRanges
     catch e
-      console.error e.stack
       @clear()
+      throw e
 
   redo: (editSession) ->
     try
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ class UndoManager
         @undoHistory.push(batch)
         batch.newSelectionRanges
     catch e
-      console.error e.stack
       @clear()
+      throw e