diff --git a/src/error_storage.rs b/src/error_storage.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3fda8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error_storage.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use std::sync::{
+    atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
+    Arc, Mutex,
+};
+
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct ErrorStorage {
+    is_some: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+    inner: Arc<Mutex<Option<LuaError>>>,
+}
+
+impl ErrorStorage {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            is_some: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
+            inner: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn take(&self) -> Option<LuaError> {
+        if self.is_some.load(Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            self.inner.lock().unwrap().take()
+        } else {
+            None
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn replace(&self, e: LuaError) {
+        self.is_some.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
+        self.inner.lock().unwrap().replace(e);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lua_ext.rs b/src/lua_ext.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa9654a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lua_ext.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+
+use mlua::prelude::*;
+use tokio::spawn;
+
+use crate::{Args, Message, MessageSender, ThreadId};
+
+pub trait LuaSchedulerExt<'lua> {
+    fn create_async_function<A, R, F, FR>(&'lua self, func: F) -> LuaResult<LuaFunction<'lua>>
+    where
+        A: FromLuaMulti<'lua> + 'static,
+        R: Into<Args> + Send + 'static,
+        F: Fn(&'lua Lua, A) -> FR + 'static,
+        FR: Future<Output = LuaResult<R>> + Send + 'static;
+}
+
+impl<'lua> LuaSchedulerExt<'lua> for Lua {
+    fn create_async_function<A, R, F, FR>(&'lua self, func: F) -> LuaResult<LuaFunction<'lua>>
+    where
+        A: FromLuaMulti<'lua> + 'static,
+        R: Into<Args> + Send + 'static,
+        F: Fn(&'lua Lua, A) -> FR + 'static,
+        FR: Future<Output = LuaResult<R>> + Send + 'static,
+    {
+        let tx = self.app_data_ref::<MessageSender>().unwrap().clone();
+
+        self.create_function(move |lua, args: A| {
+            let thread_id = ThreadId::from(lua.current_thread());
+            let fut = func(lua, args);
+            let tx = tx.clone();
+
+            spawn(async move {
+                tx.send(match fut.await {
+                    Ok(args) => Message::Resume(thread_id, Ok(args.into())),
+                    Err(e) => Message::Resume(thread_id, Err(e)),
+                })
+            });
+
+            Ok(())
+        })
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6704734..c3161b9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,15 @@ use tokio::{
 };
 
 mod args;
+mod error_storage;
 mod lua;
+mod lua_ext;
 mod message;
 mod stats;
 mod thread_id;
 
 use args::*;
+use error_storage::*;
 use lua::*;
 use message::*;
 use stats::*;
@@ -61,18 +64,25 @@ fn main() {
 fn main_lua_task(mut rx: MessageReceiver, tx: MessageSender, stats: Stats) -> LuaResult<()> {
     let lua = create_lua(tx.clone())?;
 
+    let error_storage = ErrorStorage::new();
+    let error_storage_interrupt = error_storage.clone();
+    lua.set_interrupt(move |_| match error_storage_interrupt.take() {
+        Some(e) => Err(e),
+        None => Ok(LuaVmState::Continue),
+    });
+
     lua.globals()
         .set("wait", lua.load(WAIT_IMPL).into_function()?)?;
 
-    let mut yielded_threads: GxHashMap<ThreadId, LuaThread> = GxHashMap::default();
-    let mut runnable_threads: GxHashMap<ThreadId, (LuaThread, Args)> = GxHashMap::default();
+    let mut yielded_threads = GxHashMap::default();
+    let mut runnable_threads = GxHashMap::default();
 
     println!("Running {NUM_TEST_BATCHES} batches");
     for _ in 0..NUM_TEST_BATCHES {
         let main_fn = lua.load(MAIN_CHUNK).into_function()?;
         for _ in 0..NUM_TEST_THREADS {
             let thread = lua.create_thread(main_fn.clone())?;
-            runnable_threads.insert(ThreadId::from(&thread), (thread, Args::new()));
+            runnable_threads.insert(ThreadId::from(&thread), (thread, Ok(Args::new())));
         }
 
         loop {
@@ -82,13 +92,20 @@ fn main_lua_task(mut rx: MessageReceiver, tx: MessageSender, stats: Stats) -> Lu
             }
 
             // Resume as many threads as possible
-            for (thread_id, (thread, args)) in runnable_threads.drain() {
+            for (thread_id, (thread, res)) in runnable_threads.drain() {
                 stats.incr(StatsCounter::ThreadResumed);
+                // NOTE: If we got an error we don't need to resume with any args
+                let args = match res {
+                    Ok(a) => a,
+                    Err(e) => {
+                        error_storage.replace(e);
+                        Args::from(())
+                    }
+                };
                 if let Err(e) = thread.resume::<_, ()>(args) {
                     tx.send(Message::Error(thread_id, Box::new(e)))
                         .expect("failed to send error to async task");
-                }
-                if thread.status() == LuaThreadStatus::Resumable {
+                } else if thread.status() == LuaThreadStatus::Resumable {
                     yielded_threads.insert(thread_id, thread);
                 }
             }
@@ -100,9 +117,9 @@ fn main_lua_task(mut rx: MessageReceiver, tx: MessageSender, stats: Stats) -> Lu
             // Set up message processor - we mutably borrow both yielded_threads and runnable_threads
             // so we can't really do this outside of the loop, but it compiles down to the same thing
             let mut process_message = |message| match message {
-                Message::Resume(thread_id, args) => {
+                Message::Resume(thread_id, res) => {
                     if let Some(thread) = yielded_threads.remove(&thread_id) {
-                        runnable_threads.insert(thread_id, (thread, args));
+                        runnable_threads.insert(thread_id, (thread, res));
                     }
                 }
                 Message::Cancel(thread_id) => {
@@ -160,7 +177,7 @@ async fn main_async_task(
                 spawn(async move {
                     sleep(duration).await;
                     let elapsed = Instant::now() - yielded_at;
-                    tx.send(Message::Resume(thread_id, Args::from(elapsed)))
+                    tx.send(Message::Resume(thread_id, Ok(Args::from(elapsed))))
                 });
             }
             Message::Error(_, e) => {
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 7ca400a..282bd80 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ pub type MessageSender = UnboundedSender<Message>;
 pub type MessageReceiver = UnboundedReceiver<Message>;
 
 pub enum Message {
-    Resume(ThreadId, Args),
+    Resume(ThreadId, LuaResult<Args>),
     Cancel(ThreadId),
     Sleep(ThreadId, Instant, Duration),
     Error(ThreadId, Box<LuaError>),