diff --git a/wasm/src/objects.rs b/wasm/src/objects.rs
index b4946bf9e..86fd811e8 100644
--- a/wasm/src/objects.rs
+++ b/wasm/src/objects.rs
@@ -607,25 +607,48 @@ impl Program {
                 Rc::new(DefaultProgramRunner::default())
             };
 
+        let clvm_to_modern_err = |_| {
+            let err: JsValue = JsString::from("error converting result").into();
+            err
+        };
+
         let run_result =
-            runner.run_program(
+            match runner.run_program(
                 &mut allocator,
                 prog_classic,
                 arg_classic,
                 None
-            ).map_err(|e| {
-                let err_str: &str = &e.1;
-                let err: JsValue = JsString::from(err_str).into();
-                err
-            })?;
+            ) {
+                Ok(res) => res,
+                Err(e) => {
+                    let err_str: &str = &e.1;
+                    let err: JsValue = JsString::from(err_str).into();
+                    let err_atom =
+                        if let Ok(atom) = allocator.new_atom(err_str.as_bytes()) {
+                            atom
+                        } else {
+                            return Err(err);
+                        };
+                    let err_cons =
+                        if let Ok(cons) = allocator.new_pair(e.0, err_atom) {
+                            cons
+                        } else {
+                            return Err(err);
+                        };
+                    let modern_err = convert_from_clvm_rs(
+                        &mut allocator,
+                        get_srcloc(),
+                        err_cons
+                    ).map_err(clvm_to_modern_err)?;
+                    return Err(convert_to_program(modern_err)?);
+                }
+            };
+
         let modern_result = convert_from_clvm_rs(
             &mut allocator,
             get_srcloc(),
             run_result.1
-        ).map_err(|_| {
-            let err: JsValue = JsString::from("error converting result").into();
-            err
-        })?;
+        ).map_err(clvm_to_modern_err)?;
         let result_object = convert_to_program(modern_result)?;
         let cost_and_result_array = Array::new();
         cost_and_result_array.push(&JsValue::from_f64(run_result.0 as f64));
diff --git a/wasm/tests/clvm-tools-interface/src/lib/tests/index.test.ts b/wasm/tests/clvm-tools-interface/src/lib/tests/index.test.ts
index 6e7918609..fc32926d5 100644
--- a/wasm/tests/clvm-tools-interface/src/lib/tests/index.test.ts
+++ b/wasm/tests/clvm-tools-interface/src/lib/tests/index.test.ts
@@ -174,10 +174,56 @@ it('Has run with operator override', async () => {
         program.run(args1, options);
         assert.fail(true);
     } catch (e) {
-        assert.equal(e, "path into atom");
+        assert.equal(e.toString(), Program.to(t([], "path into atom")).toString());
     }
 });
 
+it('Can run isolated code and examine the result', async () => {
+    let program = Program.from_hex('ff02ffff01ff02ff02ffff04ff02ffff04ff05ffff04ff0bff8080808080ffff04ffff01ff9272756e2d776974682d657863657074696f6eff05ff0b80ff018080');
+    let use_program = Program.from_hex('ff02ffff01ff02ffff03ff05ffff01ff02ffff01ff02ff02ffff04ff02ff058080ff0180ffff01ff02ffff01ff08ffff018d6e6f206172677320676976656e80ff018080ff0180ffff04ffff01ff02ffff0117ff0180ff018080');
+    let options = {
+        "operators": {
+            "run-with-exception": (args) => {
+                let program = args.first();
+                let env = args.rest().first();
+                try {
+                    let [cost, result] = program.run(env);
+                    return Program.to(t(result, []));
+                } catch (e) {
+                    return Program.to(t([], e));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    let args0 = Program.to([use_program, [[1, 2, 3]]]);
+    const [cost0, run_result0] = program.run(args0, options);
+    assert.equal(run_result0.first().as_int(), 3);
+    assert.ok(run_result0.rest().nullp());
+
+    let args1 = Program.to([use_program, [[1, 2]]]);
+    const [cost1, run_result1] = program.run(args1, options);
+    assert.ok(run_result1.first().nullp());
+    console.log(run_result1.first().toString());
+    console.log(run_result1.rest().toString());
+    assert.equal(
+        run_result1.rest().toString(),
+        Program.to(t([], "path into atom")).toString()
+    );
+
+    let args2 = Program.to([use_program, [[]]]);
+    const [cost2, run_result2] = program.run(args2, options);
+    assert.ok(run_result2.first().nullp());
+    assert.equal(
+        run_result2.rest().first().toString(),
+        Program.to("no args given").toString()
+    );
+    assert.equal(
+        run_result2.rest().rest().toString(),
+        Program.to("clvm raise").toString()
+    );
+});
+
 it('Has curry', async () => {
     let program = Program.from_hex('ff12ffff10ff02ffff010180ffff11ff02ffff01018080');
     let program_with_arg = program.curry(Program.to(13));