diff --git a/src/status_im/android/core.cljs b/src/status_im/android/core.cljs
index 0e11e2bf11..207e0dcdd9 100644
--- a/src/status_im/android/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/android/core.cljs
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@
             [status-im.components.status :as status]
             [status-im.components.styles :as st]
             [status-im.chat.styles.screen :as chat-st]
-            [status-im.profile.qr-code.screen :refer [qr-code-view]]))
+            [status-im.profile.qr-code.screen :refer [qr-code-view]]
+            [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
 
 (defn init-back-button-handler! []
   (let [new-listener (fn []
@@ -166,6 +167,7 @@
                        [component])]])]]))))})))
 
 (defn init []
+  (utils/register-exception-handler)
   (status/call-module status/init-jail)
   (dispatch-sync [:reset-app])
   (.registerComponent app-registry "StatusIm" #(r/reactify-component app-root))
diff --git a/src/status_im/ios/core.cljs b/src/status_im/ios/core.cljs
index 61d1f0e734..2e543eb868 100644
--- a/src/status_im/ios/core.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/ios/core.cljs
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@
             [taoensso.timbre :as log]
             [status-im.chat.styles.screen :as st]
             [status-im.profile.qr-code.screen :refer [qr-code-view]]
-            [status-im.components.status :as status]))
+            [status-im.components.status :as status]
+            [status-im.utils.utils :as utils]))
 
 (defn orientation->keyword [o]
   (keyword (.toLowerCase o)))
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@
                       [component])]])]))))})))
 
 (defn init []
+  (utils/register-exception-handler)
   (status/call-module status/init-jail)
   (dispatch-sync [:reset-app])
   (dispatch [:listen-to-network-status!])
diff --git a/src/status_im/utils/utils.cljs b/src/status_im/utils/utils.cljs
index d107363d23..064d06eb29 100644
--- a/src/status_im/utils/utils.cljs
+++ b/src/status_im/utils/utils.cljs
@@ -116,3 +116,16 @@
     (apply update m k f args)
     m))
 
+(defn default-alert-handler
+  [error fatal?]
+  (show-popup "Error" (.-message error)))
+
+(defn register-exception-handler
+  "Register a function that will be called for each exception thrown.
+   When `dev?` is true, always register; otherwise only register when goog.DEBUG is false.
+   Default function shows error details in an alert box."
+  ([] (register-exception-handler default-alert-handler))
+  ([f] (register-exception-handler true f))
+  ([dev? f]
+   (if (or dev? (not js/goog.DEBUG))
+     (.setGlobalHandler js/ErrorUtils f dev?))))