diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/ChainableRunnables.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/ChainableRunnables.kt
index 8aac2820..038bf3ab 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/ChainableRunnables.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/ChainableRunnables.kt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 package net.axay.kspigot.runnables
 
-import net.axay.kspigot.main.KSpigotMainInstance
-import org.bukkit.Bukkit
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 
 abstract class ChainedRunnablePart<T, R>(
@@ -16,13 +14,33 @@ abstract class ChainedRunnablePart<T, R>(
 
     abstract fun execute()
 
-    abstract fun <E : Exception> executeCatching(
-            @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST") exceptionClass: KClass<E> = Exception::class as KClass<E>,
-            exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)? = null
+    /**
+     * Begins execution of this chained runnable, catching any exception of
+     * type [E] and passing it to the optional [exceptionHandler].
+     *
+     * @param exceptionSync whether the exception handler should be executed
+     * synchronously or asynchronously, defaults to `true` (Note that usage of
+     * any Spigot API functions requires it to be sync)
+     */
+    inline fun <reified E : Exception> executeCatching(
+        noinline exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)? = null,
+        exceptionSync: Boolean = true
+    ) {
+        executeCatchingImpl(E::class, exceptionHandler, exceptionSync)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Has to be public for use in inline function [executeCatching], not
+     * intended to be used directly.
+     */
+    abstract fun <E : Exception> executeCatchingImpl(
+        exceptionClass: KClass<E>,
+        exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?,
+        exceptionSync: Boolean
     )
 
     protected fun start(data: T) {
-        this.run {
+        runTask(sync) {
             val result = invoke(data)
             next?.start(result)
         }
@@ -31,30 +49,28 @@ abstract class ChainedRunnablePart<T, R>(
     protected fun <E : Exception> startCatching(
         data: T,
         exceptionClass: KClass<E>,
-        exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?
+        exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?,
+        exceptionSync: Boolean
     ) {
-        this.run {
+        runTask(sync) {
             val result = try {
                 invoke(data)
             } catch (e: Exception) {
                 if (exceptionClass.isInstance(e)) {
                     @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
-                    exceptionHandler?.invoke(e as E)
-                    null
+                    if (sync == exceptionSync) {
+                        exceptionHandler?.invoke(e as E)
+                    } else if (exceptionHandler != null) {
+                        runTask(exceptionSync) {
+                            exceptionHandler.invoke(e as E)
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return@runTask
                 } else throw e
             }
-            if (result != null)
-                next?.startCatching(result, exceptionClass, exceptionHandler)
+            next?.startCatching(result, exceptionClass, exceptionHandler, exceptionSync)
         }
     }
-
-    private fun run(realRunnable: () -> Unit) {
-        if (sync)
-            Bukkit.getScheduler().runTask(KSpigotMainInstance, realRunnable)
-        else
-            Bukkit.getScheduler().runTaskAsynchronously(KSpigotMainInstance, realRunnable)
-    }
-
 }
 
 class ChainedRunnablePartFirst<R>(
@@ -65,8 +81,11 @@ class ChainedRunnablePartFirst<R>(
     override fun execute()
             = start(Unit)
 
-    override fun <E : Exception> executeCatching(exceptionClass: KClass<E>, exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?)
-            = startCatching(Unit, exceptionClass, exceptionHandler)
+    override fun <E : Exception> executeCatchingImpl(
+        exceptionClass: KClass<E>, exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?,
+        exceptionSync: Boolean
+    ) =
+        startCatching(Unit, exceptionClass, exceptionHandler, exceptionSync)
 
     override fun invoke(data: Unit) = runnable.invoke()
 
@@ -81,8 +100,11 @@ class ChainedRunnablePartThen<T, R>(
     override fun execute()
             = previous.execute()
 
-    override fun <E : Exception> executeCatching(exceptionClass: KClass<E>, exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?)
-            = previous.executeCatching(exceptionClass, exceptionHandler)
+    override fun <E : Exception> executeCatchingImpl(
+        exceptionClass: KClass<E>, exceptionHandler: ((E) -> Unit)?,
+        exceptionSync: Boolean
+    ) =
+        previous.executeCatchingImpl(exceptionClass, exceptionHandler, exceptionSync)
 
     override fun invoke(data: T) = runnable.invoke(data)
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/KSpigotRunnables.kt b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/KSpigotRunnables.kt
index 8a3ebb10..cedf07fe 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/KSpigotRunnables.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/net/axay/kspigot/runnables/KSpigotRunnables.kt
@@ -104,6 +104,14 @@ fun task(
 
 }
 
+fun runTask(sync: Boolean, runnable: () -> Unit) {
+    if (sync) {
+        sync(runnable)
+    } else {
+        async(runnable)
+    }
+}
+
 /**
  * Starts a synchronous task.
  */