diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index 38d5aff..b7e7871 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 import { Edge } from './src/edge/main.js'
 
+export { EdgeError } from 'edge-error'
 export { Template } from './src/template.js'
 export { edgeGlobals } from './src/edge/globals.js'
 export { Edge }
diff --git a/src/template.ts b/src/template.ts
index 09f4815..4ed2808 100644
--- a/src/template.ts
+++ b/src/template.ts
@@ -188,16 +188,24 @@ export class Template extends Macroable {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Raise an error
+   * Creates an instance of the EdgeError
    */
-  newError(errorMessage: string, filename: string, lineNumber: number, column: number) {
-    throw new EdgeError(errorMessage, 'E_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION', {
+  createError(errorMessage: string, filename: string, lineNumber: number, column: number) {
+    return new EdgeError(errorMessage, 'E_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION', {
       filename: filename,
       line: lineNumber,
       col: column,
     })
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Throws EdgeError. Use "createError" to create a new
+   * error instance
+   */
+  newError(errorMessage: string, filename: string, lineNumber: number, column: number) {
+    throw this.createError(errorMessage, filename, lineNumber, column)
+  }
+
   /**
    * Rethrows the runtime exception by re-constructing the error message
    * to point back to the original filename