diff --git a/include/picrin.h b/include/picrin.h
index 0767b008..34953544 100644
--- a/include/picrin.h
+++ b/include/picrin.h
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
   jmp_buf *jmp;
   struct pic_error *err;
+  struct pic_jmpbuf *try_jmps;
 
   struct pic_heap *heap;
   struct pic_object *arena[PIC_ARENA_SIZE];
diff --git a/include/picrin/error.h b/include/picrin/error.h
index 69db71c9..a4caf63a 100644
--- a/include/picrin/error.h
+++ b/include/picrin/error.h
@@ -9,6 +9,24 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
+struct pic_jmpbuf {
+  jmp_buf here;
+  jmp_buf *prev_jmp;
+  struct pic_jmpbuf *prev;
+};
+
+#define pic_try                                 \
+  pic_push_try(pic);                            \
+  if (setjmp(*pic->jmp) == 0)                   \
+    do
+#define pic_catch                               \
+    while (pic_pop_try(pic), 0);                \
+  else                                          \
+    if (pic_pop_try(pic), 1)
+
+void pic_push_try(pic_state *);
+void pic_pop_try(pic_state *);
+
 struct pic_error {
   PIC_OBJECT_HEADER
   enum pic_error_kind {
@@ -24,15 +42,6 @@ struct pic_error {
 #define pic_error_p(v) (pic_type(v) == PIC_TT_ERROR)
 #define pic_error_ptr(v) ((struct pic_error *)pic_ptr(v))
 
-#define pic_try                                                 \
-  pic_try_helper__(GENSYM(i), GENSYM(here), GENSYM(prev_jmp))
-#define pic_try_helper__(i, here, prev_jmp)                             \
-  for (int i = 0; ! i; )                                                \
-    for (jmp_buf here, *prev_jmp = pic->jmp; ! i; )                     \
-      for (pic->jmp = &here; ! i++; pic->jmp = prev_jmp)                \
-        if (setjmp(here) == 0)
-#define pic_catch else
-
 pic_value pic_raise_continuable(pic_state *, pic_value);
 
 #if defined(__cplusplus)
diff --git a/src/error.c b/src/error.c
index 42dedae1..d3798f21 100644
--- a/src/error.c
+++ b/src/error.c
@@ -11,6 +11,34 @@
 #include "picrin/string.h"
 #include "picrin/error.h"
 
+void
+pic_push_try(pic_state *pic)
+{
+  struct pic_jmpbuf *try_jmp;
+
+  try_jmp = pic_alloc(pic, sizeof(struct pic_jmpbuf));
+
+  try_jmp->prev_jmp = pic->jmp;
+  pic->jmp = &try_jmp->here;
+
+  try_jmp->prev = pic->try_jmps;
+  pic->try_jmps = try_jmp;
+}
+
+void
+pic_pop_try(pic_state *pic)
+{
+  struct pic_jmpbuf *prev;
+
+  assert(pic->jmp == &pic->try_jmps->here);
+
+  pic->jmp = pic->try_jmps->prev_jmp;
+
+  prev = pic->try_jmps->prev;
+  pic_free(pic, pic->try_jmps);
+  pic->try_jmps = prev;
+}
+
 const char *
 pic_errmsg(pic_state *pic)
 {
diff --git a/src/state.c b/src/state.c
index e171ac53..c0a511eb 100644
--- a/src/state.c
+++ b/src/state.c
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ pic_open(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
   /* error handling */
   pic->jmp = NULL;
   pic->err = NULL;
+  pic->try_jmps = NULL;
 
   /* GC arena */
   pic->arena_idx = 0;