diff --git a/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/__tests__/DependencyGraph-test.js b/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/__tests__/DependencyGraph-test.js
index 66d02729..09a44543 100644
--- a/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/__tests__/DependencyGraph-test.js
+++ b/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/__tests__/DependencyGraph-test.js
@@ -1189,22 +1189,14 @@ describe('DependencyGraph', function() {
         },
       });
 
-      const _exit = process.exit;
-      const _error = console.error;
-
-      process.exit = jest.genMockFn();
-      console.error = jest.genMockFn();
-
       var dgraph = new DependencyGraph({
         ...defaults,
         roots: [root],
       });
 
-      return dgraph.load().catch(() => {
-        expect(process.exit).toBeCalledWith(1);
-        expect(console.error).toBeCalled();
-        process.exit = _exit;
-        console.error = _error;
+      return dgraph.load().catch(err => {
+        expect(err.message).toEqual('Failed to build DependencyGraph: Naming collision detected: /root/b.js collides with /root/index.js');
+        expect(err.type).toEqual('DependencyGraphError');
       });
     });
 
diff --git a/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/index.js b/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/index.js
index bc5d85d7..3c5ade66 100644
--- a/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/index.js
+++ b/react-packager/src/DependencyResolver/DependencyGraph/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ const ResolutionResponse = require('./ResolutionResponse');
 const HasteMap = require('./HasteMap');
 const DeprecatedAssetMap = require('./DeprecatedAssetMap');
 
+const ERROR_BUILDING_DEP_GRAPH = 'DependencyGraphError';
+
 const defaultActivity = {
   startEvent: () => {},
   endEvent: () => {},
@@ -63,11 +65,7 @@ class DependencyGraph {
     };
     this._cache = cache;
     this._helpers = new DependencyGraphHelpers(this._opts);
-    this.load().catch((err) => {
-      // This only happens at initialization. Live errors are easier to recover from.
-      console.error('Error building DependencyGraph:\n', err.stack);
-      process.exit(1);
-    });
+    this.load();
   }
 
   load() {
@@ -134,7 +132,14 @@ class DependencyGraph {
       this._deprecatedAssetMap.build(),
     ]).then(() =>
       activity.endEvent(depGraphActivity)
-    );
+    ).catch(err => {
+      const error = new Error(
+        `Failed to build DependencyGraph: ${err.message}`
+      );
+      error.type = ERROR_BUILDING_DEP_GRAPH;
+      error.stack = err.stack;
+      throw error;
+    });
 
     return this._loading;
   }
diff --git a/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js b/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
index 962bba96..7ef335d9 100644
--- a/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
+++ b/react-packager/src/Resolver/__tests__/Resolver-test.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 jest.dontMock('../')
   .dontMock('underscore')
-  .dontMock('PixelRatio')
   .dontMock('../../DependencyResolver/lib/extractRequires')
   .dontMock('../../DependencyResolver/lib/replacePatterns');
 
@@ -33,6 +32,8 @@ describe('Resolver', function() {
     path.join.mockImpl(function(a, b) {
       return b;
     });
+
+    DependencyGraph.prototype.load.mockImpl(() => Promise.resolve());
   });
 
   class ResolutionResponseMock {
diff --git a/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js b/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
index 1822eb99..4c6e3efb 100644
--- a/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
+++ b/react-packager/src/Resolver/index.js
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ class Resolver {
     });
 
     this._polyfillModuleNames = opts.polyfillModuleNames || [];
+
+    this._depGraph.load().catch(err => {
+      console.error(err.message + '\n' + err.stack);
+      process.exit(1);
+    });
   }
 
   getShallowDependencies(entryFile) {