diff --git a/src/emitters/ReadonlyEmitterBase.ts b/src/emitters/ReadonlyEmitterBase.ts
index 5df1844..b9fc77a 100644
--- a/src/emitters/ReadonlyEmitterBase.ts
+++ b/src/emitters/ReadonlyEmitterBase.ts
@@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ export abstract class ReadonlyEmitterBase<EventMap> implements ReadonlyEmitter<E
   #createOnceListener<K extends keyof EventMap>(type: K | '*', listener: Function) {
     const onceListener = ((event: Event) => {
       this.off(type, onceListener);
-      listener(event);
+      return listener(event);
     }) as Function & { [ONCE]?: true };
-
+    onceListener.toString = listener.toString.bind(listener);
     onceListener[ONCE] = true as const;
     return onceListener;
   }
diff --git a/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.test.ts b/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.test.ts
index 6825b4e..11e9b4f 100644
--- a/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.test.ts
+++ b/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.test.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ describe('SerialAsyncEmitter', () => {
     await emitter.emit('test', { type: 'test', payload: 42 });
     expect(listener2).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
   });
+
+  it('should tolerate errors in listeners', async () => {
+    const emitter = new SerialAsyncEmitter<TestEventMap>('test-emitter');
+    const listener1 = jest.fn().mockRejectedValue(new Error('This listener failed'));
+    const listener2 = jest.fn();
+    emitter.once('test', listener1);
+    emitter.once('test', listener2);
+    await emitter.emit('test', { type: 'test', payload: 42 });
+    expect(listener2).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
 
 type TestEventMap = {
diff --git a/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.ts b/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.ts
index 06301fd..afa5374 100644
--- a/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/emitters/SerialAsyncEmitter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { AsyncEmitter } from './AsyncEmitter';
+import { logError } from './logError';
 import { ReadonlyEmitterBase } from './ReadonlyEmitterBase';
 import { __EMIT, __INVOKE } from './syncEmitterCommons';
 
@@ -18,11 +19,16 @@ export class SerialAsyncEmitter<EventMap>
 
   async #doEmit<K extends keyof EventMap>(eventType: K, event: EventMap[K]) {
     const listeners = [...this._getListeners(eventType)];
+    const $eventType = String(eventType);
 
-    await this._log.trace.complete(__EMIT(event), String(eventType), async () => {
+    await this._log.trace.complete(__EMIT(event), $eventType, async () => {
       if (listeners) {
         for (const listener of listeners) {
-          await this._log.trace.complete(__INVOKE(listener), 'invoke', () => listener(event));
+          try {
+            await this._log.trace.complete(__INVOKE(listener), 'invoke', () => listener(event));
+          } catch (error: unknown) {
+            logError(error, $eventType, listener);
+          }
         }
       }
     });
diff --git a/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.test.ts b/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.test.ts
index 634b885..fce63c6 100644
--- a/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.test.ts
+++ b/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.test.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,18 @@ describe('SerialSyncEmitter', () => {
     expect(listener2.mock.calls[0][0]).toEqual({ type: 'test', payload: 42 });
     expect(listener2.mock.calls[1][0]).toEqual({ type: 'test', payload: 84 });
   });
+
+  it('should tolerate errors in listeners', () => {
+    const emitter = new SerialSyncEmitter<TestEventMap>('test-emitter');
+    const listener1 = jest.fn(() => {
+      throw new Error('This listener failed');
+    });
+    const listener2 = jest.fn();
+    emitter.once('test', listener1);
+    emitter.once('test', listener2);
+    expect(() => emitter.emit('test', { type: 'test', payload: 42 })).not.toThrow();
+    expect(listener2).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+  });
 });
 
 type TestEventMap = {
diff --git a/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.ts b/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.ts
index 5a0c11c..eaae766 100644
--- a/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.ts
+++ b/src/emitters/SerialSyncEmitter.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { Emitter } from './Emitter';
+import { logError } from './logError';
 import { ReadonlyEmitterBase } from './ReadonlyEmitterBase';
 import { __EMIT, __ENQUEUE, __INVOKE } from './syncEmitterCommons';
 
@@ -24,11 +25,16 @@ export class SerialSyncEmitter<EventMap>
     while (this.#queue.length > 0) {
       const [eventType, event] = this.#queue[0];
       const listeners = [...this._getListeners(eventType)];
+      const $eventType = String(eventType);
 
-      this._log.trace.complete(__EMIT(event), String(eventType), () => {
+      this._log.trace.complete(__EMIT(event), $eventType, () => {
         if (listeners) {
           for (const listener of listeners) {
-            this._log.trace.complete(__INVOKE(listener), 'invoke', () => listener(event));
+            try {
+              this._log.trace.complete(__INVOKE(listener), 'invoke', () => listener(event));
+            } catch (error: unknown) {
+              logError(error, $eventType, listener);
+            }
           }
         }
       });
diff --git a/src/emitters/logError.ts b/src/emitters/logError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ef188f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/emitters/logError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import { logger } from '../utils';
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+export function logError(error: unknown, eventType: string, listener: Function) {
+  const errorDetails = (error instanceof Error && error.stack) || String(error);
+  logger.warn(
+    `Caught an error while emitting "${eventType}" event:\n${errorDetails}\nThe listener function was:\n${listener}`,
+  );
+}