diff --git a/elog.hpp b/elog.hpp
index 090b5e9..b445a0e 100644
--- a/elog.hpp
+++ b/elog.hpp
@@ -66,6 +66,24 @@
 
 } // namespace details
 
+/**
+ * @brief Error log exception base class
+ *
+ * This allows people to capture all error log exceptions if desired
+ */
+class elogExceptionBase : public std::exception {};
+
+/**
+ * @brief Error log exception class
+ *
+ * This is for capturing specific error log exceptions
+ */
+template <typename T> class elogException : public elogExceptionBase
+{
+public:
+    const char* what() const noexcept override { return T::err_code; }
+};
+
 /** @fn commit()
  *  @brief Create an error log entry based on journal
  *          entry with a specified MSG_ID
@@ -98,6 +116,9 @@
 
     log<T::L>(T::err_msg,
               details::deduce_entry_type<Args>{i_args}.get()...);
+
+    // Now throw an exception for this error
+    throw elogException<T>();
 }
 
 } // namespace logging
diff --git a/logging_test.cpp b/logging_test.cpp
index 5f153c1..9a638c3 100644
--- a/logging_test.cpp
+++ b/logging_test.cpp
@@ -70,9 +70,16 @@
     // TEST 3 - Create error log with 2 meta data fields (rvalue and lvalue)
     number = 0x1234;
     const char *test_string = "/tmp/test_string/";
-    elog<file_not_found>(file_not_found::errnum(number),
-                         file_not_found::file_path(test_string),
-                         file_not_found::file_name("elog_test_3.txt"));
+    try
+    {
+        elog<file_not_found>(file_not_found::errnum(number),
+                             file_not_found::file_path(test_string),
+                             file_not_found::file_name("elog_test_3.txt"));
+    }
+    catch (elogException<file_not_found>& e)
+    {
+        std::cout << "elog exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
 
     // Now read back and verify our data made it into the journal
     rc = validate_journal(file_not_found::errnum::str_short,
@@ -92,10 +99,16 @@
 
     // TEST 4 - Create error log with previous entry use
     number = 0xFEDC;
-    elog<file_not_found>(file_not_found::errnum(number),
-                         prev_entry<file_not_found::file_path>(),
-                         file_not_found::file_name("elog_test_4.txt"));
-
+    try
+    {
+        elog<file_not_found>(file_not_found::errnum(number),
+                             prev_entry<file_not_found::file_path>(),
+                             file_not_found::file_name("elog_test_4.txt"));
+    }
+    catch (elogExceptionBase& e)
+    {
+        std::cout << "elog exception caught: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
     // Now read back and verify our data made it into the journal
     rc = validate_journal(file_not_found::errnum::str_short,
                           std::to_string(number).c_str());