diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7bc8b7a..768bbff 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
+1.1.1 / 2017-02-05
+------------------
+
+- changed handling error to throw the exception
+
 1.1.0 / 2017-01-25
 ------------------
+
 - switched from [multimatch](https://github.com/sindresorhus/multimatch) to [micromatch](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/micromatch) for matching ignore patterns (showed faster performance)
 - bug fixed: normalize root directory to make sure always return absolute paths.
 
 1.0.2 / 2017-01-17
 ------------------
+
 - initial release
 
diff --git a/klaw-sync.js b/klaw-sync.js
index d636f0b..28a968f 100644
--- a/klaw-sync.js
+++ b/klaw-sync.js
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ function walkSync (dir, opts, list) {
       ignore = mm(files, opts.ignore)
     }
   } catch (er) {
-    return er
+    throw er
   }
   files.forEach(function (file) {
     if (ignore.length > 0) {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 26fb2b6..211f1ac 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ describe('klaw-sync', function () {
       klawSync('dirDoesNotExist/')
     } catch (err) {
       assert.equal(err.code, 'ENOENT')
-    } finally {
       done()
     }
   })
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ describe('klaw-sync', function () {
       klawSync(FILES[0])
     } catch (err) {
       assert.equal(err.code, 'ENOTDIR')
-    } finally {
       done()
     }
   })