diff --git a/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc b/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
index 6581743771..c1fd455cdf 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luaproc.cc
@@ -238,8 +238,7 @@ LuaProc::load_script ()
 		try {
 			lua_dsp_init (_session.nominal_frame_rate ());
 		} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
-			;
-		}
+		} catch (...) { }
 	}
 
 	_ctrl_params.clear ();
@@ -354,6 +353,8 @@ LuaProc::can_support_io_configuration (const ChanCount& in, ChanCount& out, Chan
 			}
 		} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
 			_iotable = NULL;
+		} catch (...) {
+			_iotable = NULL;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -584,6 +585,8 @@ LuaProc::configure_io (ChanCount in, ChanCount out)
 				std::cerr << "LuaException: " << e.what () << "\n";
 #endif
 				return false;
+			} catch (...) {
+				return false;
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -734,6 +737,8 @@ LuaProc::connect_and_run (BufferSet& bufs,
 		std::cerr << "LuaException: " << e.what () << "\n";
 #endif
 		return -1;
+	} catch (...) {
+		return -1;
 	}
 #ifdef WITH_LUAPROC_STATS
 	int64_t t1 = g_get_monotonic_time ();
diff --git a/libs/ardour/luascripting.cc b/libs/ardour/luascripting.cc
index e2fc9d49f1..a63dc9ea48 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/luascripting.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/luascripting.cc
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ LuaScriptParams::script_params (const std::string& s, const std::string &pname,
 		} else {
 			lua.do_command (s);
 		}
-	} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
+	} catch (...) {
 		return rv;
 	}
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ LuaScripting::try_compile (const std::string& script, const LuaScriptParamList&
 		cerr << e.what() << "\n";
 #endif
 		lua_print (e.what());
-	}
+	} catch (...) { }
 
 	return false;
 }
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ LuaScripting::get_factory_bytecode (const std::string& script, const std::string
 		if (lua_factory.isFunction()) {
 			return (lua_dump(lua_factory)).cast<std::string> ();
 		}
-	} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) { }
+	} catch (...) { }
 	return "";
 }
 
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session.cc b/libs/ardour/session.cc
index 324e235c72..785977dc75 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session.cc
@@ -5513,7 +5513,7 @@ Session::registered_lua_functions ()
 			if (!i.key ().isString ()) { assert(0); continue; }
 			rv.push_back (i.key ().cast<std::string> ());
 		}
-	} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) { }
+	} catch (...) { }
 	return rv;
 }
 
@@ -5529,7 +5529,7 @@ Session::try_run_lua (pframes_t nframes)
 	if (_n_lua_scripts == 0) return;
 	Glib::Threads::Mutex::Lock tm (lua_lock, Glib::Threads::TRY_LOCK);
 	if (tm.locked ()) {
-		try { (*_lua_run)(nframes); } catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) { }
+		try { (*_lua_run)(nframes); } catch (...) { }
 		lua.collect_garbage_step ();
 	}
 }
@@ -5661,7 +5661,12 @@ Session::setup_lua ()
 		_lua_cleanup = new luabridge::LuaRef(lua_sess["cleanup"]);
 	} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
 		fatal << string_compose (_("programming error: %1"),
-				X_("Failed to setup Lua interpreter"))
+				std::string ("Failed to setup session Lua interpreter") + e.what ())
+			<< endmsg;
+		abort(); /*NOTREACHED*/
+	} catch (...) {
+		fatal << string_compose (_("programming error: %1"),
+				X_("Failed to setup session Lua interpreter"))
 			<< endmsg;
 		abort(); /*NOTREACHED*/
 	}
@@ -5687,6 +5692,11 @@ Session::scripts_changed ()
 		}
 		_n_lua_scripts = cnt;
 	} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
+		fatal << string_compose (_("programming error: %1"),
+				std::string ("Indexing Lua Session Scripts failed.") + e.what ())
+			<< endmsg;
+		abort(); /*NOTREACHED*/
+	} catch (...) {
 		fatal << string_compose (_("programming error: %1"),
 				X_("Indexing Lua Session Scripts failed."))
 			<< endmsg;
diff --git a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
index 205781b00c..0a1eb2ace6 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/session_state.cc
@@ -1683,7 +1683,7 @@ Session::set_state (const XMLNode& node, int version)
 				(*_lua_load)(std::string ((const char*)buf, size));
 			} catch (luabridge::LuaException const& e) {
 				cerr << "LuaException:" << e.what () << endl;
-			}
+			} catch (...) { }
 			g_free (buf);
 		}
 	}