diff --git a/poc b/poc
index 6922ba7..02e60df 100755
--- a/poc
+++ b/poc
@@ -49,6 +49,25 @@ function is_true {
 function miaou_debug {
   is_true "${MIAOU_DEBUG}" && >&4 builtin echo -e "\e[90m <== DEBUG ==> \e[33m$*\e[0m" || true
 }
+# overridden function which permits backtracing of the original `exit` statement
+function exit {
+  failure_code=${1:-0}
+  failure_type="EXIT"
+  miaou_debug "<exit code=$failure_code overridden/>"
+  print_miaou_error "${BASH_SOURCE[1]}" "${BASH_LINENO[0]}" "${failure_code}" "${failure_type}"
+
+  error_source=("${BASH_SOURCE[@]}")
+  error_lineno=("${BASH_LINENO[@]}")
+  error_funcname=("${FUNCNAME[@]}")
+  unset 'error_source[-1]' 'error_lineno[-1]' 'error_funcname[-1]'
+  unset 'error_source[0]' 'error_lineno[-1]' 'error_funcname[0]'
+  error_funcname[-1]='<main>'
+  error_source=("${error_source[@]}")
+  error_lineno=("${error_lineno[@]}")
+  error_funcname=("${error_funcname[@]}")
+
+  builtin exit "$failure_code"
+}
 
 function tty_ansi {
   local code
@@ -70,7 +89,7 @@ function print_miaou_error {
 
 function on_error {
   failure_code="${1:-200}"
-  >&4 printf '\r' # force carriage return explicitly
+  >&4 printf '\r' # TODO: force carriage return explicitly, is it really useful?
 
   if [[ $$ == "$BASHPID" ]]; then
     miaou_debug "<on_error exit=$failure_code/>"
@@ -87,7 +106,7 @@ function on_error {
     error_lineno=("${error_lineno[@]}")
     error_funcname=("${error_funcname[@]}")
 
-    exit "$failure_code"
+    builtin exit "$failure_code"
   else
     miaou_debug "<on_error pipe=$failure_code sub_pid=$BASHPID pid=$$/>"
     print_miaou_error "${BASH_SOURCE[1]}" "${BASH_LINENO[0]}" "${failure_code}" 'SUBSHELL_ERROR'
@@ -122,7 +141,7 @@ function on_pipe {
     failure_type="PIPE_ERROR"
   fi
   miaou_debug "<on_pipe exit=$failure_code sub_pid=$BASHPID pid=$$/>"
-  exit "$failure_code"
+  builtin exit "$failure_code"
 }
 
 function dump_stderr {
@@ -234,7 +253,7 @@ trap 'on_error $?' ERR
 trap 'on_exit $?' EXIT
 trap 'on_pipe' PIPE
 
-if [[ -e /proc/$$/fd/3 ]]; then exec 4>&3 3>&-; else exec 4>/dev/tty; fi
+if [[ -e /proc/$$/fd/3 ]]; then exec 4>&3 3>&-; else exec 4>/dev/tty; fi # swap fd 3 4 when fd 3 sent off
 exec 3>/dev/stderr 2>"$MIAOU_BASH_ERROR"
 
 miaou_debug "<source from=$BASH_ARGV0 pid=${BASHPID}>"
diff --git a/test/stub/scenario.bash b/test/stub/scenario.bash
index ecb4aa2..a9fef6a 100755
--- a/test/stub/scenario.bash
+++ b/test/stub/scenario.bash
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ function do_command_error {
 
 function call_function_which_will_exit {
   exit 99
-
 }
 
 function F2 {