diff --git a/src/hooks.server.ts b/src/hooks.server.ts
index 72e41fe..26080ce 100644
--- a/src/hooks.server.ts
+++ b/src/hooks.server.ts
@@ -20,26 +20,23 @@ export async function handle({ event, resolve }) {
         }),
     };
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line init-declarations
-    let response: Response;
-
     const start = performance.now();
-    try {
-        response = await resolve(event);
-    } catch (err) {
-        if (isValiError(err)) {
-            const valibotErrorPaths = err.issues.map(issue => getDotPath(issue)).filter(path => path !== null);
-            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal({ valibotError: err, valibotErrorPaths }, 'valibot validation failed');
-        } else if (err instanceof AssertionError) {
-            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal({ nodeAssertionError: err }, 'assertion error encountered');
+    const response = await resolve(event);
+    const requestTimeMillis = performance.now() - start;
+    event.locals.ctx.logger.info({ requestTimeMillis });
+    return response;
+}
+
+export function handleError({ error, event }) {
+    if (typeof event.locals.ctx !== 'undefined') {
+        if (isValiError(error)) {
+            const valibotErrorPaths = error.issues.map(issue => getDotPath(issue)).filter(path => path !== null);
+            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal({ valibotError: error, valibotErrorPaths }, 'valibot validation failed');
+        } else if (error instanceof AssertionError) {
+            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal({ nodeAssertionError: error }, 'assertion error encountered');
         } else {
-            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal(err, 'unknown error encountered');
+            event.locals.ctx.logger.fatal(error, 'unknown error encountered');
         }
-        throw err;
-    } finally {
-        const requestTimeMillis = performance.now() - start;
-        event.locals.ctx.logger.info({ requestTimeMillis });
     }
-
-    return response;
+    throw error;
 }