diff --git a/example/example.cpp b/example/example.cpp
index b3d6c439..eb54ecf8 100644
--- a/example/example.cpp
+++ b/example/example.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 void async_example();
 void syslog_example();
+void test_custom_error_handler();
 
 namespace spd = spdlog;
 int main(int, char*[])
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ int main(int, char*[])
         // syslog example. linux/osx only..
         syslog_example();
 
+        test_custom_error_handler();
 
         // Release and close all loggers
         spdlog::drop_all();
@@ -101,6 +103,31 @@ void syslog_example()
 #endif
 }
 
+// Example of user-provided error handler
+void test_custom_error_handler()
+{
+    // Trigger default error handler
+    try {
+        spd::error("test default error handler (throw an exception)");
+    } catch (const spd::spdlog_ex& e) {
+        std::cerr << "caught spdlog_ex: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
+
+    // Set custom error handler
+    spd::set_error_handler(
+        [](const std::string& message) {
+            std::cerr << "SPDLOG ERROR " << message << std::endl;
+        }
+    );
+
+    // Trigger custom error handler
+    try {
+        spd::error("test custom error handler");
+    } catch (const spd::spdlog_ex& e) {
+        std::cerr << "caught spdlog_ex: " << e.what() << std::endl;
+    }
+}
+
 
 // Example of user defined class with operator<<
 class some_class {};
diff --git a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
index 786eb02e..39ff1468 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/async_logger.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // Upon each log write the logger:
 //    1. Checks if its log level is enough to log the message
 //    2. Push a new copy of the message to a queue (or block the caller until space is available in the queue)
-//    3. will throw spdlog_ex upon log exceptions
+//    3. will call error handler upon log exceptions (which, by default, will throw spdlog_ex exception)
 // Upon destruction, logs all remaining messages in the queue before destructing..
 
 #include <spdlog/common.h>
diff --git a/include/spdlog/common.h b/include/spdlog/common.h
index 1e446555..2a96430f 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/common.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/common.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <codecvt>
 #include <locale>
 #endif
+#include <functional>
 
 #include <spdlog/details/null_mutex.h>
 
@@ -107,6 +108,32 @@ private:
 
 };
 
+// Function pointer to error handler. Defaults to throwing a spdlog_ex
+// exception. May be overridden by the user with set_error_handler().
+static std::function<void(const std::string&)> error_handler = [](const std::string& message) {
+    throw spdlog_ex(message);
+};
+
+// Call the user-provided error handler  when an internal spdlog error occurs.
+inline void error(const std::string& message)
+{
+    error_handler(message);
+}
+
+// Set an error handler to be called in case of errors during logging (e.g.,
+// can't write to file because the disk is full). Defaults to an error handler
+// which logs the errors to the console.
+//
+// Function must have the following signature (but can be named whatever you
+// like):
+//
+//   void error_handler(const std::string &message);
+//
+inline void set_error_handler(std::function<void(const std::string&)> func)
+{
+    error_handler = func;
+}
+
 //
 // wchar support for windows file names (SPDLOG_WCHAR_FILENAMES must be defined)
 //
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
index a465c4d9..b5547f88 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/file_helper.h
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
 // Helper class for file sink
 // When failing to open a file, retry several times(5) with small delay between the tries(10 ms)
 // Can be set to auto flush on every line
-// Throw spdlog_ex exception on errors
+// Call error handler on errors (default: throw spdlog_ex)
 
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/log_msg.h>
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <cstdio>
@@ -58,13 +59,15 @@ public:
             std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(open_interval));
         }
 
-        throw spdlog_ex("Failed opening file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename) + " for writing");
+        error("Failed opening file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename) + " for writing");
     }
 
     void reopen(bool truncate)
     {
-        if (_filename.empty())
-            throw spdlog_ex("Failed re opening file - was not opened before");
+        if (_filename.empty()) {
+            error("Failed re opening file - was not opened before");
+            return;
+        }
         open(_filename, truncate);
 
     }
@@ -88,8 +91,10 @@ public:
 
         size_t msg_size = msg.formatted.size();
         auto data = msg.formatted.data();
-        if (std::fwrite(data, 1, msg_size, _fd) != msg_size)
-            throw spdlog_ex("Failed writing to file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+        if (std::fwrite(data, 1, msg_size, _fd) != msg_size) {
+            error("Failed writing to file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+            return;
+        }
 
         if (_force_flush)
             std::fflush(_fd);
@@ -97,20 +102,26 @@ public:
 
     long size()
     {
-        if (!_fd)
-            throw spdlog_ex("Cannot use size() on closed file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+        if (!_fd) {
+            error("Cannot use size() on closed file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+            return -1;
+        }
 
         auto pos = ftell(_fd);
         if (fseek(_fd, 0, SEEK_END) != 0)
-            throw spdlog_ex("fseek failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+            error("fseek failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
 
         auto file_size = ftell(_fd);
 
-        if(fseek(_fd, pos, SEEK_SET) !=0)
-            throw spdlog_ex("fseek failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+        if(fseek(_fd, pos, SEEK_SET) !=0) {
+            error("fseek failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+            return -1;
+        }
 
-        if (file_size == -1)
-            throw spdlog_ex("ftell failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+        if (file_size == -1) {
+            error("ftell failed on file " + os::filename_to_str(_filename));
+            return -1;
+        }
 
         return file_size;
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/line_logger_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/line_logger_impl.h
index d61225af..61bff9fc 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/line_logger_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/line_logger_impl.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ inline void spdlog::details::line_logger::write(const char* fmt, const Args&...
     }
     catch (const fmt::FormatError& e)
     {
-        throw spdlog_ex(fmt::format("formatting error while processing format string '{}': {}", fmt, e.what()));
+        error(fmt::format("formatting error while processing format string '{}': {}", fmt, e.what()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_bounded_q.h b/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_bounded_q.h
index ad14d6f2..e74f99c2 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_bounded_q.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/mpmc_bounded_q.h
@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ public:
           buffer_mask_(buffer_size - 1)
     {
         //queue size must be power of two
-        if(!((buffer_size >= 2) && ((buffer_size & (buffer_size - 1)) == 0)))
+        if(!((buffer_size >= 2) && ((buffer_size & (buffer_size - 1)) == 0))) {
+            // FIXME: call error() instead
+            // FIXME: can we just round buffer_size down to the next power of two and skip the error altogether?
             throw spdlog_ex("async logger queue size must be power of two");
+        }
 
         for (size_t i = 0; i != buffer_size; i += 1)
             buffer_[i].sequence_.store(i, std::memory_order_relaxed);
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/os.h b/include/spdlog/details/os.h
index fda4d0a0..dc978ee9 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/os.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/os.h
@@ -198,8 +198,10 @@ inline int utc_minutes_offset(const std::tm& tm = details::os::localtime())
     DYNAMIC_TIME_ZONE_INFORMATION tzinfo;
     auto rv = GetDynamicTimeZoneInformation(&tzinfo);
 #endif
-    if (rv == TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID)
-        throw spdlog::spdlog_ex("Failed getting timezone info. Last error: " + std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+    if (rv == TIME_ZONE_ID_INVALID) {
+        error("Failed getting timezone info. Last error: " + std::to_string(GetLastError()));
+        return 0;
+    }
 
     int offset = -tzinfo.Bias;
     if (tm.tm_isdst)
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
index 313bfc85..eaaa57d5 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/pattern_formatter_impl.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <spdlog/details/log_msg.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/os.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/format.h>
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
 
 #include <chrono>
 #include <ctime>
@@ -623,6 +624,6 @@ inline void spdlog::pattern_formatter::format(details::log_msg& msg)
     }
     catch(const fmt::FormatError& e)
     {
-        throw spdlog_ex(fmt::format("formatting error while processing format string: {}", e.what()));
+        error(fmt::format("formatting error while processing format string: {}", e.what()));
     }
 }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
index 7d744f89..934b7d56 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public:
     {
         std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(_mutex);
         auto logger_name = logger->name();
-        throw_if_exists(logger_name);
+        error_if_exists(logger_name);
         _loggers[logger_name] = logger;
     }
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public:
     std::shared_ptr<logger> create(const std::string& logger_name, const It& sinks_begin, const It& sinks_end)
     {
         std::lock_guard<Mutex> lock(_mutex);
-        throw_if_exists(logger_name);
+        error_if_exists(logger_name);
         std::shared_ptr<logger> new_logger;
         if (_async_mode)
             new_logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>(logger_name, sinks_begin, sinks_end, _async_q_size, _overflow_policy, _worker_warmup_cb, _flush_interval_ms, _worker_teardown_cb);
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ private:
     registry_t<Mutex>(const registry_t<Mutex>&) = delete;
     registry_t<Mutex>& operator=(const registry_t<Mutex>&) = delete;
 
-    void throw_if_exists(const std::string &logger_name)
+    void error_if_exists(const std::string &logger_name)
     {
         if (_loggers.find(logger_name) != _loggers.end())
-            throw spdlog_ex("logger with name '" + logger_name + "' already exists");
+            error("logger with name '" + logger_name + "' already exists");
     }
     Mutex _mutex;
     std::unordered_map <std::string, std::shared_ptr<logger>> _loggers;
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ private:
     std::function<void()> _worker_warmup_cb = nullptr;
     std::chrono::milliseconds _flush_interval_ms;
     std::function<void()> _worker_teardown_cb = nullptr;
+    std::function<void(std::string)> _error_handler = [](const std::string& message) { throw spdlog_ex(message); };
 };
 #ifdef SPDLOG_NO_REGISTRY_MUTEX
 typedef registry_t<spdlog::details::null_mutex> registry;
diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
index 8337ab47..b34cf53d 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/spdlog_impl.h
@@ -146,3 +146,4 @@ inline void spdlog::drop_all()
 {
     details::registry::instance().drop_all();
 }
+
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h
index 885f78da..aacbca1c 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/android_sink.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 #include <spdlog/sinks/base_sink.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/null_mutex.h>
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
 
 #include <android/log.h>
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ protected:
         }
         else
         {
-            throw spdlog_ex("Send to Android logcat failed");
+            error("Send to Android logcat failed");
         }
     }
 
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ private:
         case spdlog::level::emerg:
             return ANDROID_LOG_FATAL;
         default:
-            throw spdlog_ex("Incorrect level value");
+            error("Incorrect level value");
+            return ANDROID_LOG_INFO;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/include/spdlog/sinks/file_sinks.h b/include/spdlog/sinks/file_sinks.h
index 14b3cbff..bd1cc3a3 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/sinks/file_sinks.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/sinks/file_sinks.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <spdlog/details/null_mutex.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/file_helper.h>
 #include <spdlog/details/format.h>
+#include <spdlog/common.h>
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <chrono>
@@ -119,12 +120,14 @@ private:
             {
                 if (details::os::remove(target) != 0)
                 {
-                    throw spdlog_ex("rotating_file_sink: failed removing " + filename_to_str(target));
+                    error("rotating_file_sink: failed removing " + filename_to_str(target));
+                    return;
                 }
             }
             if (details::file_helper::file_exists(src) && details::os::rename(src, target))
             {
-                throw spdlog_ex("rotating_file_sink: failed renaming " + filename_to_str(src) + " to " + filename_to_str(target));
+                error("rotating_file_sink: failed renaming " + filename_to_str(src) + " to " + filename_to_str(target));
+                return;
             }
         }
         _file_helper.reopen(true);
@@ -189,8 +192,16 @@ public:
         _rotation_m(rotation_minute),
         _file_helper(force_flush)
     {
-        if (rotation_hour < 0 || rotation_hour > 23 || rotation_minute < 0 || rotation_minute > 59)
-            throw spdlog_ex("daily_file_sink: Invalid rotation time in ctor");
+        if (rotation_hour < 0 || rotation_hour > 23) {
+            error("daily_file_sink: Invalid rotation hour (" + std::to_string(rotation_hour) + "). Must be between 0 and 23.");
+            rotation_hour = 0;
+        }
+
+        if (rotation_minute < 0 || rotation_minute > 59) {
+            error("daily_file_sink: Invalid rotation minute (" + std::to_string(rotation_minute) + "). Must be between 0 and 59.");
+            rotation_minute = 0;
+        }
+
         _rotation_tp = _next_rotation_tp();
         _file_helper.open(FileNameCalc::calc_filename(_base_filename, _extension));
     }
diff --git a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
index 043e8141..b563a988 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/spdlog.h
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ void drop(const std::string &name);
 // Drop all references
 void drop_all();
 
-
 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Macros to be display source file & line