diff --git a/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/platform/forge/ModernFixPlatformHooksImpl.java b/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/platform/forge/ModernFixPlatformHooksImpl.java
index d2c84cf8..f8eb19e6 100644
--- a/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/platform/forge/ModernFixPlatformHooksImpl.java
+++ b/forge/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/modernfix/platform/forge/ModernFixPlatformHooksImpl.java
@@ -118,7 +118,10 @@ public class ModernFixPlatformHooksImpl {
             try {
                 return (TextureAtlasSprite)textureAtlasSpriteConstruct.invokeExact(atlasTexture, textureInfo, mipmapLevel, atlasWidth, atlasHeight, spriteX, spriteY, image);
             } catch(Throwable e) {
-                throw new AssertionError("MethodHandle failed", e);
+                if(e instanceof RuntimeException)
+                    throw (RuntimeException)e;
+                else
+                    throw new RuntimeException("TextureAtlasSprite construction failed", e);
             }
         }
     }