diff --git a/etc/mkloader.pl b/etc/mkloader.pl
index f2c2566f..2fc7d496 100755
--- a/etc/mkloader.pl
+++ b/etc/mkloader.pl
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ print <<EOL;
 void
 pic_load_piclib(pic_state *pic)
 {
+  pic_value e;
+
 EOL
 
 foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
@@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ EOL
     print "    pic_load_cstr(pic, &${var}[0][0]);\n";
     print<<EOL
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     /* error! */
     xfputs(pic, "fatal error: failure in loading $dirname/$basename\\n", xstderr);
-    pic_raise(pic, pic_err(pic));
+    pic_raise(pic, e);
   }
 EOL
 }
diff --git a/extlib/benz/eval.c b/extlib/benz/eval.c
index 26b6e66e..ccb2abeb 100644
--- a/extlib/benz/eval.c
+++ b/extlib/benz/eval.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,7 @@ pic_value
 pic_eval(pic_state *pic, pic_value program, const char *lib)
 {
   const char *prev_lib = pic_current_library(pic);
-  pic_value env, r;
+  pic_value env, r, e;
 
   env = pic_library_environment(pic, lib);
 
@@ -1091,9 +1091,9 @@ pic_eval(pic_state *pic, pic_value program, const char *lib)
   pic_try {
     r = pic_call(pic, pic_compile(pic, pic_expand(pic, program, env)), 0);
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     pic_in_library(pic, prev_lib);
-    pic_raise(pic, pic_err(pic));
+    pic_raise(pic, e);
   }
   pic_in_library(pic, prev_lib);
 
diff --git a/extlib/benz/include/picrin/extra.h b/extlib/benz/include/picrin/extra.h
index a1d51034..78a465bd 100644
--- a/extlib/benz/include/picrin/extra.h
+++ b/extlib/benz/include/picrin/extra.h
@@ -78,21 +78,21 @@ xFILE *xfopen_null(pic_state *, const char *mode);
   do {                                                                  \
     extern pic_value pic_start_try(pic_state *, PIC_JMPBUF *);          \
     extern void pic_end_try(pic_state *, pic_value);                    \
+    extern pic_value pic_err(pic_state *);                              \
     PIC_JMPBUF jmp;                                                     \
     if (PIC_SETJMP(pic, jmp) == 0) {                                    \
       pic_value pic_try_cookie_ = pic_start_try(pic, &jmp);
-#define pic_catch pic_catch_(PIC_GENSYM(label))
-#define pic_catch_(label)                                 \
+#define pic_catch(e) pic_catch_(e, PIC_GENSYM(label))
+#define pic_catch_(e, label)                              \
       pic_end_try(pic, pic_try_cookie_);                  \
     } else {                                              \
+      e = pic_err(pic);                                   \
       goto label;                                         \
     }                                                     \
   } while (0);                                            \
   if (0)                                                  \
   label:
 
-pic_value pic_err(pic_state *);
-
 /* for debug */
 
 void pic_warnf(pic_state *, const char *, ...);
diff --git a/extlib/benz/load.c b/extlib/benz/load.c
index 25d79d7d..868b3e55 100644
--- a/extlib/benz/load.c
+++ b/extlib/benz/load.c
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ pic_load(pic_state *pic, pic_value port)
 void
 pic_load_cstr(pic_state *pic, const char *str)
 {
-  pic_value port = pic_open_port(pic, xfopen_buf(pic, str, strlen(str), "r"));
+  pic_value e, port = pic_open_port(pic, xfopen_buf(pic, str, strlen(str), "r"));
 
   pic_try {
     pic_load(pic, port);
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     pic_close_port(pic, port);
-    pic_raise(pic, pic_err(pic));
+    pic_raise(pic, e);
   }
 
   pic_close_port(pic, port);
diff --git a/extlib/benz/number.c b/extlib/benz/number.c
index 2ecbe2d9..cd13491a 100644
--- a/extlib/benz/number.c
+++ b/extlib/benz/number.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ pic_number_string_to_number(pic_state *pic)
   int radix = 10;
   long num;
   char *eptr;
-  pic_value flo;
+  pic_value flo, e;
 
   pic_get_args(pic, "z|i", &str, &radix);
 
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ pic_number_string_to_number(pic_state *pic)
   pic_try {
     flo = pic_read_cstr(pic, str);
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     /* swallow error */
     flo = pic_false_value(pic);
   }
diff --git a/extlib/benz/read.c b/extlib/benz/read.c
index 5db65c72..3b4f3262 100644
--- a/extlib/benz/read.c
+++ b/extlib/benz/read.c
@@ -836,6 +836,7 @@ pic_read(pic_state *pic, pic_value port)
   pic_value val;
   xFILE *file = pic_fileno(pic, port);
   int c;
+  pic_value e;
 
   reader_init(pic, &p);
 
@@ -852,9 +853,9 @@ pic_read(pic_state *pic, pic_value port)
       val = pic_eof_object(pic);
     }
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     reader_destroy(pic, &p);
-    pic_raise(pic, pic_err(pic));
+    pic_raise(pic, e);
   }
 
   pic_leave(pic, ai);
@@ -865,14 +866,14 @@ pic_value
 pic_read_cstr(pic_state *pic, const char *str)
 {
   pic_value port = pic_open_port(pic, xfopen_buf(pic, str, strlen(str), "r"));
-  pic_value form;
+  pic_value form, e;
 
   pic_try {
     form = pic_read(pic, port);
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     pic_close_port(pic, port);
-    pic_raise(pic, pic_err(pic));
+    pic_raise(pic, e);
   }
 
   pic_close_port(pic, port);
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index ffffe4a1..c4628894 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
 {
   char t;
   pic_state *pic;
+  pic_value e;
   int status;
 
   pic = pic_open(pic_default_allocf, NULL);
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[], char **envp)
 
     status = 0;
   }
-  pic_catch {
+  pic_catch(e) {
     pic_print_error(pic, xstderr);
     status = 1;
   }