diff --git a/src/bot.js b/src/bot.js
index 92e0b0f..4ec5582 100644
--- a/src/bot.js
+++ b/src/bot.js
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ module.exports.handleMessageCreate = async function(message) {
         }
     }
     catch(error) {
-        console.error(error);
+        if(process.env.DEBUG == "TRUE"){console.error("An error occurred at unix timestamp " + Date.now() + "while processing the command: " + command + " with error:" + error);}
+        else{console.error(error);}
+        process.exit(2); //need this for now just to make sure the bot continues to restart on errors, since it would seem that fluxer.js doesn't define custom error types. TODO: map out some exit codes
     }
 }