diff --git a/src/json.hpp b/src/json.hpp
index eadfbafa98..5e998a1f71 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp
+++ b/src/json.hpp
@@ -8954,7 +8954,7 @@ class basic_json
                             else if (codepoint >= 0xDC00 and codepoint <= 0xDFFF)
                             {
                                 // we found a lone low surrogate
-                                throw std::invalid_argument("missing high surrogate");
+                                JSON_THROW(std::invalid_argument("missing high surrogate"));
                             }
                             else
                             {
diff --git a/src/json.hpp.re2c b/src/json.hpp.re2c
index 12de690409..8a2fbec4ba 100644
--- a/src/json.hpp.re2c
+++ b/src/json.hpp.re2c
@@ -8103,7 +8103,7 @@ class basic_json
                             else if (codepoint >= 0xDC00 and codepoint <= 0xDFFF)
                             {
                                 // we found a lone low surrogate
-                                throw std::invalid_argument("missing high surrogate");
+                                JSON_THROW(std::invalid_argument("missing high surrogate"));
                             }
                             else
                             {
diff --git a/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp b/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
index 3efd0cf67b..08a65dde70 100644
--- a/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
+++ b/test/src/unit-allocator.cpp
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ SOFTWARE.
 using nlohmann::json;
 
 // allow to disable exceptions
-#ifndef __cpp_exceptions
-    #define try      if (true)
-    #define catch(X) if (false)
-    #define throw(X) std::abort()
-#endif
+//#ifndef __cpp_exceptions
+//    #define try      if (true)
+//    #define catch(X) if (false)
+//    #define throw(X) std::abort()
+//#endif
 
 // special test case to check if memory is leaked if constructor throws
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ struct bad_allocator : std::allocator<T>
     }
 };
 
-TEST_CASE("bad_alloc")
+TEST_CASE("bad_alloc", "[throw]")
 {
     SECTION("bad_alloc")
     {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ struct my_allocator : std::allocator<T>
     }
 };
 
-TEST_CASE("controlled bad_alloc")
+TEST_CASE("controlled bad_alloc", "[throw]")
 {
     // create JSON type using the throwing allocator
     using my_json = nlohmann::basic_json<std::map,