diff --git a/src/jsx_eep0018.erl b/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
index 26bebad..a4d08d2 100644
--- a/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_eep0018.erl
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ proplist_to_events([{Key, Term}|Rest], Acc) ->
 proplist_to_events([], Acc) ->
     [end_object] ++ Acc;
 proplist_to_events(_, _) ->
-    erlang:throw(badarg).
+    erlang:error(badarg).
     
     
 list_to_events([Term|Rest], Acc) ->
diff --git a/src/jsx_format.erl b/src/jsx_format.erl
index 32f0093..f6c0a12 100644
--- a/src/jsx_format.erl
+++ b/src/jsx_format.erl
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ encode(Acc, Opts) when is_list(Acc) ->
         iolist -> Acc
         ; UTF when ?is_utf_encoding(UTF) -> 
             unicode:characters_to_binary(Acc, utf8, UTF)
-        ; _ -> erlang:throw(badarg)
+        ; _ -> erlang:error(badarg)
     end;
 encode(string, String) ->
     [?quote, String, ?quote];