diff --git a/lemonldap-ng-handler/lib/Lemonldap/NG/Handler/Main/Jail.pm b/lemonldap-ng-handler/lib/Lemonldap/NG/Handler/Main/Jail.pm
index 486ccccf6610dbf4913812f0572dac7f0fe3c9c0..272b48b1d272790b98397686b07cfb4dc24a2f4e 100644
--- a/lemonldap-ng-handler/lib/Lemonldap/NG/Handler/Main/Jail.pm
+++ b/lemonldap-ng-handler/lib/Lemonldap/NG/Handler/Main/Jail.pm
@@ -129,13 +129,7 @@ sub token {
 # Fake reval method if useSafeJail is off
 sub reval {
     my ( $self, $e ) = @_;
-
-    my $res = eval $e;
-    if ($@) {
-        $self->error($@);
-        return undef;
-    }
-    return $res;
+    return eval $e;
 }
 
 ## @method wrap_code_ref
@@ -183,8 +177,7 @@ sub jail_reval {
     # if nothing is returned by reval, add the return statement to
     # the "no safe wrap" reval
 
-    my $res;
-    eval { $res = ( $self->jail->reval($reval) ) };
+    my $res = $self->jail->reval($reval);
     if ($@) {
         $self->error($@);
         return undef;
diff --git a/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/12-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Jail.t b/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/12-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Jail.t
index 25c6329d6b2c4d4424de6ee158c8d9405ba1d1fe..55ed31859f822a2874d09f0f75aa229d46b9d5d2 100644
--- a/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/12-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Jail.t
+++ b/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/12-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Jail.t
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # change 'tests => 1' to 'tests => last_test_to_print';
 
 use strict;
-use Test::More tests => 20;
+use Test::More tests => 22;
 require 't/test.pm';
 BEGIN { use_ok('Lemonldap::NG::Handler::Main::Jail') }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ ok(
 ok( $res = &$code, "Function works" );
 ok( $res == 1, 'Get good result' );
 
-$sub  = "sub { return(checkDate('20000101000000+0100','21000101000000+0100')) }";
+$sub = "sub { return(checkDate('20000101000000+0100','21000101000000+0100')) }";
 $code = $jail->jail_reval($sub);
 ok(
     ( defined($code) and ref($code) eq 'CODE' ),
@@ -105,3 +105,11 @@ is(
     "Function works"
 );
 
+$sub  = "sub { return(";
+$code = $jail->jail_reval($sub);
+ok( ( not defined($code) ), 'Syntax error yields undef result' );
+like(
+    $jail->error,
+    qr/Missing right curly or square bracket/,
+    'Found correct error message'
+);
diff --git a/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/13-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Fake-Safe.t b/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/13-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Fake-Safe.t
index b6584b7655c61eb7380eeb1bcd792fc393bca9fb..c2911f736b4c39b2bbcab6aeec7ed8cf86a4f62f 100644
--- a/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/13-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Fake-Safe.t
+++ b/lemonldap-ng-handler/t/13-Lemonldap-NG-Handler-Fake-Safe.t
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 # change 'tests => 1' to 'tests => last_test_to_print';
 
-use Test::More tests => 14;
+use Test::More tests => 16;
 require 't/test.pm';
 BEGIN { use_ok('Lemonldap::NG::Handler::Main::Jail') }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ my $checkDate = $jail->jail_reval($sub3);
 ok( &$checkDate == "1",
     'checkDate extended function working without Safe Jail' );
 
-my $sub4      = "sub { return(checkDate('20000101000000+0100','21000101000000+0100')) }";
+my $sub4 =
+  "sub { return(checkDate('20000101000000+0100','21000101000000+0100')) }";
 my $checkDate = $jail->jail_reval($sub4);
 ok( &$checkDate == "1",
     'checkDate extended function working without Safe Jail' );
@@ -96,3 +97,12 @@ is(
     0,
     "Function works"
 );
+
+$sub  = "sub { return(";
+$code = $jail->jail_reval($sub);
+ok( ( not defined($code) ), 'Syntax error yields undef result' );
+like(
+    $jail->error,
+    qr/Missing right curly or square bracket/,
+    'Found correct error message'
+);