diff --git a/_test_error_recovery/bux.toml b/_test_error_recovery/bux.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22d5c36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_test_error_recovery/bux.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[Package]
+Name    = "error_recovery"
+Version = "0.1.0"
+Type    = "bin"
+
+[Build]
+Output = "Bin"
diff --git a/_test_error_recovery/src/Main.bux b/_test_error_recovery/src/Main.bux
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71bc41a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_test_error_recovery/src/Main.bux
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+func Main() -> int {
+    let bad: int = "a" + 1;
+    let z: int = undefined_variable;
+    return 0;
+}
diff --git a/src/sema.bux b/src/sema.bux
index c096417..fd6f04e 100644
--- a/src/sema.bux
+++ b/src/sema.bux
@@ -966,7 +966,7 @@ module Sema {
             if op == tkAmpAmp || op == tkPipePipe || op == tkBang { return tyBool; }
             // Arithmetic returns wider type
             if !Sema_IsNumeric(left) || !Sema_IsNumeric(right) {
-                Sema_EmitError(sema, expr.line, expr.column, "arithmetic requires numeric operands");
+                return Sema_EmitExprError(sema, expr, "arithmetic requires numeric operands");
             }
             if left == tyFloat64 || right == tyFloat64 { return tyFloat64; }
             return tyInt;