diff --git a/mobile/src/main/java/be/mygod/librootkotlinx/RootServer.kt b/mobile/src/main/java/be/mygod/librootkotlinx/RootServer.kt
index 6ea67d6a..e06cbae0 100644
--- a/mobile/src/main/java/be/mygod/librootkotlinx/RootServer.kt
+++ b/mobile/src/main/java/be/mygod/librootkotlinx/RootServer.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import androidx.collection.valueIterator
 import eu.chainfire.librootjava.AppProcess
 import eu.chainfire.librootjava.RootJava
 import kotlinx.coroutines.*
-import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.*
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.Channel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.SendChannel
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.consumeEach
+import kotlinx.coroutines.channels.produce
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.Mutex
 import kotlinx.coroutines.sync.withLock
 import java.io.*
@@ -20,7 +23,8 @@ import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 class RootServer @JvmOverloads constructor(private val warnLogger: (String) -> Unit = { Log.w(TAG, it) }) {
-    private sealed class Callback(protected val server: RootServer, protected val index: Long) {
+    private sealed class Callback(private val server: RootServer, private val index: Long,
+                                  protected val classLoader: ClassLoader?) {
         var active = true
 
         abstract fun cancel()
@@ -28,25 +32,45 @@ class RootServer @JvmOverloads constructor(private val warnLogger: (String) -> U
         abstract operator fun invoke(input: DataInputStream, result: Byte)
         suspend fun sendClosed() = withContext(NonCancellable) { server.execute(CancelCommand(index)) }
 
-        class Ordinary(server: RootServer, index: Long, private val classLoader: ClassLoader?,
-                       private val callback: CompletableDeferred<Parcelable?>) : Callback(server, index) {
+        private fun initException(targetClass: Class<*>, message: String): Throwable {
+            var targetClass = targetClass
+            while (true) {
+                try {
+                    // try to find a message constructor
+                    return targetClass.getDeclaredConstructor(String::class.java).newInstance(message) as Throwable
+                } catch (_: ReflectiveOperationException) { }
+                targetClass = targetClass.superclass
+            }
+        }
+        private fun makeRemoteException(cause: Throwable, message: String? = null) =
+                if (cause is CancellationException) cause else RemoteException(message).initCause(cause)
+        protected fun DataInputStream.readException(result: Byte) = when (result.toInt()) {
+            EX_GENERIC -> {
+                val message = readUTF()
+                val name = message.split(':', limit = 2)[0]
+                makeRemoteException(initException(try {
+                    classLoader?.loadClass(name)
+                } catch (_: ClassNotFoundException) {
+                    null
+                } ?: Class.forName(name), message), message)
+            }
+            EX_PARCELABLE -> makeRemoteException(readParcelable<Parcelable>(classLoader) as Throwable)
+            EX_SERIALIZABLE -> makeRemoteException(readSerializable(classLoader) as Throwable)
+            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected result $result")
+        }
+
+        class Ordinary(server: RootServer, index: Long, classLoader: ClassLoader?,
+                       private val callback: CompletableDeferred<Parcelable?>) : Callback(server, index, classLoader) {
             override fun cancel() = callback.cancel()
             override fun shouldRemove(result: Byte) = true
             override fun invoke(input: DataInputStream, result: Byte) {
-                when (result.toInt()) {
-                    SUCCESS -> callback.complete(input.readParcelable(classLoader))
-                    EX_GENERIC -> callback.completeExceptionally(RemoteException(input.readUTF()))
-                    EX_PARCELABLE -> callback.completeExceptionally(RemoteException().initCause(
-                            input.readParcelable<Parcelable>(classLoader) as Throwable))
-                    EX_SERIALIZABLE -> callback.completeExceptionally(RemoteException().initCause(
-                            input.readSerializable(classLoader) as Throwable))
-                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected result $result")
-                }
+                if (result.toInt() == SUCCESS) callback.complete(input.readParcelable(classLoader))
+                else callback.completeExceptionally(input.readException(result))
             }
         }
 
-        class Channel(server: RootServer, index: Long, private val classLoader: ClassLoader?,
-                      private val channel: SendChannel<Parcelable?>) : Callback(server, index) {
+        class Channel(server: RootServer, index: Long, classLoader: ClassLoader?,
+                      private val channel: SendChannel<Parcelable?>) : Callback(server, index, classLoader) {
             val finish: CompletableDeferred<Unit> = CompletableDeferred()
             override fun cancel() = finish.cancel()
             override fun shouldRemove(result: Byte) = result.toInt() != SUCCESS
@@ -61,13 +85,8 @@ class RootServer @JvmOverloads constructor(private val warnLogger: (String) -> U
                         finish.completeExceptionally(closed)
                         return
                     })
-                    EX_GENERIC -> finish.completeExceptionally(RemoteException(input.readUTF()))
-                    EX_PARCELABLE -> finish.completeExceptionally(RemoteException().initCause(
-                            input.readParcelable<Parcelable>(classLoader) as Throwable))
-                    EX_SERIALIZABLE -> finish.completeExceptionally(RemoteException().initCause(
-                            input.readSerializable(classLoader) as Throwable))
                     CHANNEL_CONSUMED -> finish.complete(Unit)
-                    else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unexpected result $result")
+                    else -> finish.completeExceptionally(input.readException(result))
                 }
             }
         }