diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
index 2de4e3f054..6d15722873 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/BuildHIR.ts
@@ -199,6 +199,19 @@ function lowerStatement(
     case "ThrowStatement": {
       const stmt = stmtPath as NodePath<t.ThrowStatement>;
       const value = lowerExpressionToTemporary(builder, stmt.get("argument"));
+      const handler = builder.resolveThrowHandler();
+      if (handler != null) {
+        // NOTE: we could support this, but a `throw` inside try/catch is using exceptions
+        // for control-flow and is generally considered an anti-pattern. we can likely
+        // just not support this pattern, unless it really becomes necessary for some reason.
+        builder.errors.push({
+          reason:
+            "(BuildHIR::lowerStatement) Support ThrowStatement inside of try/catch",
+          severity: ErrorSeverity.Todo,
+          loc: stmt.node.loc ?? null,
+          suggestions: null,
+        });
+      }
       const terminal: ThrowTerminal = {
         kind: "throw",
         value,
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
index 7399936ce4..ff91ae19ff 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/HIR/HIRBuilder.ts
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export default class HIRBuilder {
   #context: t.Identifier[];
   #bindings: Bindings;
   #env: Environment;
-  #mode: ExceptionsMode = { kind: "ThrowExceptions" };
+  #exceptionHandlerStack: Array<BlockId> = [];
   parentFunction: NodePath<t.Function>;
   errors: CompilerError = new CompilerError();
 
@@ -142,14 +142,14 @@ export default class HIRBuilder {
    */
   push(instruction: Instruction): void {
     this.#current.instructions.push(instruction);
-    if (this.#mode.kind === "CatchExceptions") {
-      const handler = this.#mode.handler;
+    const exceptionHandler = this.#exceptionHandlerStack.at(-1);
+    if (exceptionHandler !== undefined) {
       const continuationBlock = this.reserve(this.currentBlockKind());
       this.terminateWithContinuation(
         {
           kind: "maybe-throw",
           continuation: continuationBlock.id,
-          handler,
+          handler: exceptionHandler,
           id: makeInstructionId(0),
           loc: instruction.loc,
         },
@@ -159,10 +159,14 @@ export default class HIRBuilder {
   }
 
   enterTryCatch(handler: BlockId, fn: () => void): void {
-    const prevMode = this.#mode;
-    this.#mode = { kind: "CatchExceptions", handler };
+    this.#exceptionHandlerStack.push(handler);
     fn();
-    this.#mode = prevMode;
+    this.#exceptionHandlerStack.pop();
+  }
+
+  resolveThrowHandler(): BlockId | null {
+    const handler = this.#exceptionHandlerStack.at(-1);
+    return handler ?? null;
   }
 
   makeTemporary(): Identifier {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.expect.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..685ba7d8db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.expect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+
+## Input
+
+```javascript
+function Component(props) {
+  let x;
+  try {
+    throw [];
+  } catch (e) {
+    x.push(e);
+  }
+  return x;
+}
+
+```
+
+
+## Error
+
+```
+[ReactForget] Todo: (BuildHIR::lowerStatement) Support ThrowStatement inside of try/catch (4:4)
+```
+          
+      
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.js b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc51780e8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-forget/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.todo.try-catch-with-throw.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function Component(props) {
+  let x;
+  try {
+    throw [];
+  } catch (e) {
+    x.push(e);
+  }
+  return x;
+}