diff --git a/examples/jsx_parser.erl b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
index 46ffc1f..44ccea6 100644
--- a/examples/jsx_parser.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_parser.erl
@@ -32,12 +32,14 @@
 %%   also is not streaming, though it could be modified to parse partial objects/lists.
 
 decode(JSON) ->
-    P = jsx:decoder({{jsx_parser, event}, []}, []),
-    try    
-        {Result, _} = P(JSON),
-        Result
-    catch
-        _:_ -> throw(badarg)
+    P = jsx:decoder({{jsx_parser, event}, []}, []),   
+    case P(JSON) of
+        {incomplete, _} ->
+            {error, badjson}
+        ; {error, badjson} ->
+            {error, badjosn}
+        ; {Result, _} ->
+            Result
     end.
  
  
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ event({key, Key}, [Object|Stack]) ->
     [{key, Key}] ++ [Object] ++ Stack;
 
 %% this is kind of a dirty hack, but erlang will interpret atoms when applied to (Args)
-%%   as a function. so naming out formatting functions string, number and literal will
+%%   as a function. so naming our formatting functions string, number and literal will
 %%   allow the following shortcut
 
 event({Type, Value}, [{key, Key}, Object|Stack]) ->
@@ -88,7 +90,7 @@ event(end_of_stream, [Stack]) ->
 insert(Key, Val, Dict) ->
     case dict:is_key(Key, Dict) of
         false -> dict:store(Key, Val, Dict)
-        ; true -> exit(badarg)
+        ; true -> erlang:error(badjson)
     end.
     
 
diff --git a/examples/jsx_prettify.erl b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
index 7c30c00..bb4e333 100644
--- a/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_prettify.erl
@@ -35,12 +35,11 @@
 pretty(JSON, Opts) ->
     Init = init(parse_opts(Opts, #opts{})),
     P = jsx:decoder({{jsx_prettify, jsx_event}, Init}, []),
-    try    
-        {Result, _} = P(JSON),
-        Result
-    catch
-        _:_ -> throw(badarg)
-    end.
+    case P(JSON) of
+        {incomplete, _} -> {error, badjson}
+        ; {error, badjson} -> {error, badjson}
+        ; {Result, _} -> Result
+    end.    
     
 
 parse_opts([{indent, Val}|Rest], Opts) ->
diff --git a/examples/jsx_stream_parser.erl b/examples/jsx_stream_parser.erl
index 77212a0..ec673df 100644
--- a/examples/jsx_stream_parser.erl
+++ b/examples/jsx_stream_parser.erl
@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@
 
 decoder(Opts) ->
     Decoder = jsx:decoder({{jsx_stream_parser, event}, 0}, Opts),
-    fun(Stream) -> 
-        try Decoder(Stream) of
-            F when is_function(F) -> F
-        catch
-            throw:{ok, Result} -> Result
-            ; throw:not_found -> not_found
-            ; _:_ -> throw(badarg)
-        end
-    end. 
+        fun(Stream) -> try
+            case Decoder(Stream) of
+                {incomplete, F} -> {incomplete, F}
+                ; {error, badjson} -> {error, badjson}
+            end
+            catch
+                throw:{ok, Result} -> {ok, Result}
+                ; throw:not_found -> {error, not_found}
+            end
+        end.
     
 event(start_object, Level) ->
     Level + 1;