diff --git a/src/internals/index.js b/src/internals/index.js
index 3d72e503..e6b17f04 100644
--- a/src/internals/index.js
+++ b/src/internals/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ process.on('uncaughtException', err => {
     type: 'uncaughtException',
     error: serializeError(err),
   })
-  process.exit(1)
+  // FIXME we should ideally do this:
+  // process.exit(1)
+  // but for now, until we kill all exceptions:
+  logger.critical(err, 'uncaughtException')
 })
 
 const defers = {}
diff --git a/src/logger/logger.js b/src/logger/logger.js
index 7f001def..7105124c 100644
--- a/src/logger/logger.js
+++ b/src/logger/logger.js
@@ -364,7 +364,13 @@ export default {
     logger.log('error', ...args)
   },
 
-  critical: (error: Error) => {
+  critical: (error: Error, context?: string) => {
+    if (context) {
+      captureBreadcrumb({
+        category: 'context',
+        message: context,
+      })
+    }
     logger.log('error', error)
     if (!process.env.STORYBOOK_ENV) {
       try {