diff --git a/Pantograph/Goal.lean b/Pantograph/Goal.lean
index 6ff14d2..3dff60a 100644
--- a/Pantograph/Goal.lean
+++ b/Pantograph/Goal.lean
@@ -237,25 +237,34 @@ inductive TacticResult where
   -- The given action cannot be executed in the state
   | invalidAction (message: String)
 
+private def dumpMessageLog (prevMessageLength : Nat) : CoreM (Array String) := do
+  let newMessages ← (← Core.getMessageLog).toList.drop prevMessageLength
+    |>.filterMapM λ m => do
+      if m.severity == .error then
+        return .some $ ← m.toString
+      else
+        return .none
+  Core.resetMessageLog
+  return newMessages.toArray
+
 /-- Executes a `TacticM` monad on this `GoalState`, collecting the errors as necessary -/
-protected def GoalState.tryTacticM (state: GoalState) (goal: MVarId) (tacticM: Elab.Tactic.TacticM Unit) (guardMVarErrors : Bool := false):
-      Elab.TermElabM TacticResult := do
+protected def GoalState.tryTacticM
+    (state: GoalState) (goal: MVarId) (tacticM: Elab.Tactic.TacticM Unit)
+    (guardMVarErrors : Bool := false)
+    : Elab.TermElabM TacticResult := do
+  let prevMessageLength := state.coreState.messages.toList.length
   try
     let nextState ← state.step goal tacticM guardMVarErrors
 
     -- Check if error messages have been generated in the core.
-    let newMessages ← (← Core.getMessageLog).toList.drop state.coreState.messages.toList.length
-      |>.filterMapM λ m => do
-        if m.severity == .error then
-          return .some $ ← m.toString
-        else
-          return .none
-    Core.resetMessageLog
+    let newMessages ← dumpMessageLog prevMessageLength
     if ¬ newMessages.isEmpty then
-      return .failure newMessages.toArray
+      return .failure newMessages
     return .success nextState
   catch exception =>
-    return .failure #[← exception.toMessageData.toString]
+    match exception with
+    | .internal _ => return .failure $ ← dumpMessageLog prevMessageLength
+    | _ => return .failure #[← exception.toMessageData.toString]
 
 /-- Execute a string tactic on given state. Restores TermElabM -/
 @[export pantograph_goal_state_try_tactic_m]
diff --git a/Test/Proofs.lean b/Test/Proofs.lean
index a4a916b..a179b74 100644
--- a/Test/Proofs.lean
+++ b/Test/Proofs.lean
@@ -720,7 +720,6 @@ def test_tactic_failure_unresolved_goals : TestM Unit := do
   let .failure messages ← state1.tacticOn 0 tactic | addTest $ assertUnreachable s!"{tactic} should fail"
   checkEq s!"{tactic} fails" messages #[s!"{← getFileName}:0:12: error: unsolved goals\np : Nat → Prop\n⊢ p 0\n"]
 
-
 def test_tactic_failure_synthesize_placeholder : TestM Unit := do
   let state? ← startProof (.expr "∀ (p q r : Prop) (h : p → q), q ∧ r")
   let state0 ← match state? with
@@ -736,20 +735,24 @@ def test_tactic_failure_synthesize_placeholder : TestM Unit := do
       addTest $ assertUnreachable $ other.toString
       return ()
 
+  let iex : InternalExceptionId := { idx := 4 }
+  IO.println s!"{← iex.getName}"
   let tactic := "simpa [h] using And.imp_left h _"
-  let state2 ← match ← state1.tacticOn 0 tactic with
-    | .success state => pure state
-    | other => do
-      addTest $ assertUnreachable $ other.toString
-      return ()
+  --let state2 ← match ← state1.tacticOn 0 tactic with
+  --  | .success state => pure state
+  --  | other => do
+  --    addTest $ assertUnreachable $ other.toString
+  --    return ()
 
-  checkEq tactic ((← state2.serializeGoals).map (·.devolatilize))  #[
-    buildGoal [("p", "Prop"), ("q", "Prop"), ("r", "Prop"), ("h", "p → q")] "p ∧ r"
-  ]
+  -- Volatile behaviour. This easily changes across Lean versions
 
-  --let .failure messages ← state1.tacticOn 0 tactic | addTest $ assertUnreachable s!"{tactic} should fail"
-  --let message := s!"<Pantograph>:0:31: error: don't know how to synthesize placeholder\ncontext:\np q r : Prop\nh : p → q\n⊢ p ∧ r\n"
-  --checkEq s!"{tactic} fails" messages #[message]
+  --checkEq tactic ((← state2.serializeGoals).map (·.devolatilize))  #[
+  --  buildGoal [("p", "Prop"), ("q", "Prop"), ("r", "Prop"), ("h", "p → q")] "p ∧ r"
+  --]
+
+  let .failure messages ← state1.tacticOn 0 tactic | addTest $ assertUnreachable s!"{tactic} should fail"
+  let message := s!"<Pantograph>:0:31: error: don't know how to synthesize placeholder\ncontext:\np q r : Prop\nh : p → q\n⊢ p ∧ r\n"
+  checkEq s!"{tactic} fails" messages #[message]
 
 def suite (env: Environment): List (String × IO LSpec.TestSeq) :=
   let tests := [