diff --git a/moonscript/init.lua b/moonscript/init.lua
index 2488d6d..deb1a8c 100644
--- a/moonscript/init.lua
+++ b/moonscript/init.lua
@@ -56,10 +56,13 @@ moon_loader = function(name)
   if file then
     local text = file:read("*a")
     file:close()
-    return loadstring(text, file_path)
-  else
-    return nil, "Could not find moon file"
+    local res, err = loadstring(text, file_path)
+    if not res then
+      error(err)
+    end
+    return res
   end
+  return nil, "Could not find moon file"
 end
 if not package.moonpath then
   package.moonpath = create_moonpath(package.path)
diff --git a/moonscript/init.moon b/moonscript/init.moon
index 2c9fe41..977c63b 100644
--- a/moonscript/init.moon
+++ b/moonscript/init.moon
@@ -47,9 +47,13 @@ moon_loader = (name) ->
   if file
     text = file\read "*a"
     file\close!
-    loadstring text, file_path
-  else
-    nil, "Could not find moon file"
+    res, err = loadstring text, file_path
+    if not res
+        error err
+
+    return res
+
+  return nil, "Could not find moon file"
 
 if not package.moonpath
   package.moonpath = create_moonpath package.path