diff --git a/api/src/core/execution/ExecutionStage.cs b/api/src/core/execution/ExecutionStage.cs
index e95f39c..ec07f3d 100644
--- a/api/src/core/execution/ExecutionStage.cs
+++ b/api/src/core/execution/ExecutionStage.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public virtual async Task Execute(ExecutionContext context)
         {
             ReportAsFailure(context, e);
         }
-        catch (TargetInvocationException e)
+        catch (Exception e)
         {
             if (e.GetBaseException() is TestFailedException ex)
             {
@@ -76,11 +76,6 @@ public virtual async Task Execute(ExecutionContext context)
                 ReportUnexpectedException(context, e);
             }
         }
-        // unexpected exceptions
-        catch (Exception e)
-        {
-            ReportUnexpectedException(context, e);
-        }
     }
 
     private static void ReportAsFailure(ExecutionContext context, TestFailedException e)
@@ -91,10 +86,17 @@ private static void ReportAsFailure(ExecutionContext context, TestFailedExceptio
 
     private static void ReportUnexpectedException(ExecutionContext context, Exception exception)
     {
-        var ei = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(exception.InnerException ?? exception);
-        var stack = new StackTrace(ei.SourceException, true);
-        var lineNumber = ScanFailureLineNumber(stack);
-        context.ReportCollector.Consume(new TestReport(ReportType.FAILURE, lineNumber, ei.SourceException.Message, TrimStackTrace(stack.ToString())));
+        if (exception is TargetInvocationException)
+        {
+            var ei = ExceptionDispatchInfo.Capture(exception.InnerException ?? exception);
+            ReportUnexpectedException(context, ei.SourceException);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            var stack = new StackTrace(exception, true);
+            var lineNumber = ScanFailureLineNumber(stack);
+            context.ReportCollector.Consume(new TestReport(ReportType.FAILURE, lineNumber, exception.Message, TrimStackTrace(stack.ToString())));
+        }
     }
 
     private static int ScanFailureLineNumber(StackTrace stack)
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ private static int ScanFailureLineNumber(StackTrace stack)
             if (frame.GetMethod()?.IsDefined(typeof(TestCaseAttribute)) ?? false)
                 return frame.GetFileLineNumber();
         }
-        return stack.FrameCount > 1 ? stack.GetFrame(1)!.GetFileLineNumber() : -1;
+        return stack.FrameCount > 1 ? stack.GetFrame(0)!.GetFileLineNumber() : -1;
     }
 
     internal static string TrimStackTrace(string stackTrace)
diff --git a/api/src/core/execution/TestSuiteExecutionStage.cs b/api/src/core/execution/TestSuiteExecutionStage.cs
index 8f94ecd..5cfba90 100644
--- a/api/src/core/execution/TestSuiteExecutionStage.cs
+++ b/api/src/core/execution/TestSuiteExecutionStage.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 namespace GdUnit4.Executions;
 
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Linq;
 
 internal sealed class TestSuiteExecutionStage : IExecutionStage
 {
diff --git a/test/.runsettings b/test/.runsettings
index e043f83..c356f8c 100644
--- a/test/.runsettings
+++ b/test/.runsettings
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
         <TargetFrameworks>net7.0;net8.0</TargetFrameworks>
         <TestSessionTimeout>300000</TestSessionTimeout>
         <TreatNoTestsAsError>true</TreatNoTestsAsError>
+        <EnvironmentVariables>
+            <GODOT_BIN>d:\development\Godot_v4.2.1-stable_mono_win64\Godot_v4.2.1-stable_mono_win64.exe</GODOT_BIN>
+        </EnvironmentVariables>
     </RunConfiguration>
 
     <LoggerRunSettings>
diff --git a/test/src/core/ExecutorTest.cs b/test/src/core/ExecutorTest.cs
index ac73c7b..f237db3 100644
--- a/test/src/core/ExecutorTest.cs
+++ b/test/src/core/ExecutorTest.cs
@@ -728,4 +728,53 @@ public async Task ExecuteParameterizedTest()
             Tuple(TESTSUITE_AFTER, "After", new List<TestReport>())
         );
     }
+
+    [TestCase(Description = "Verifies the exceptions are catches the right message as failure.")]
+    public async Task ExecuteTestWithExceptions()
+    {
+        var testSuite = LoadTestSuite("src/core/resources/testsuites/mono/TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions.cs");
+        AssertArray(testSuite.TestCases).Extract("Name").ContainsExactly(new string[] { "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", "ExceptionAtSyncMethod" });
+
+        var events = await ExecuteTestSuite(testSuite);
+
+        AssertTestCaseNames(events)
+            .ContainsExactly(ExpectedEvents("TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions", "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", "ExceptionAtSyncMethod"));
+
+        // we expect all tests are failing and commits failures
+        AssertEventCounters(events).ContainsExactly(
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_BEFORE, "Before", 0, 0, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", 0, 0, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", 0, 1, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", 0, 0, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", 0, 1, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionAtSyncMethod", 0, 0, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtSyncMethod", 0, 1, 0),
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_AFTER, "After", 0, 0, 0)
+        );
+        AssertEventStates(events).ContainsExactly(
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_BEFORE, "Before", true, false, false, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", true, false, false, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", false, false, true, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", true, false, false, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", false, false, true, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_BEFORE, "ExceptionAtSyncMethod", true, false, false, false),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtSyncMethod", false, false, true, false),
+            // report suite is not success, is failed
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_AFTER, "After", false, false, true, false)
+        );
+        // check for failure reports
+        AssertReports(events).Contains(
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_BEFORE, "Before", new List<TestReport>()),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke", new List<TestReport>() { new(FAILURE, 12, """
+                Test Exception
+                """) }),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtAsyncMethod", new List<TestReport>() { new(FAILURE, 24, """
+                outer exception
+                """) }),
+            Tuple(TESTCASE_AFTER, "ExceptionAtSyncMethod", new List<TestReport>() { new(FAILURE, 28, """
+                outer exception
+                """) }),
+            Tuple(TESTSUITE_AFTER, "After", new List<TestReport>()));
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/test/src/core/resources/testsuites/mono/TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions.cs b/test/src/core/resources/testsuites/mono/TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2b2f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/src/core/resources/testsuites/mono/TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+namespace GdUnit4.Tests.Core;
+
+using System;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+
+// will be ignored because of missing `[TestSuite]` annotation
+// used by executor integration test
+public class TestSuiteAllTestsFailWithExceptions
+{
+
+    [TestCase]
+    public void ExceptionIsThrownOnSceneInvoke()
+    {
+        var runner = ISceneRunner.Load("res://src/core/resources/scenes/TestSceneWithExceptionTest.tscn");
+
+        runner.Invoke("SomeMethodThatThrowsException");
+    }
+
+    [TestCase]
+#pragma warning disable CS1998 // Async method lacks 'await' operators and will run synchronously
+    public async Task ExceptionAtAsyncMethod()
+#pragma warning restore CS1998 // Async method lacks 'await' operators and will run synchronously
+        => throw new ArgumentException("outer exception", new ArgumentNullException("inner exception"));
+
+    [TestCase]
+    public void ExceptionAtSyncMethod()
+        => throw new ArgumentException("outer exception", new ArgumentNullException("inner exception"));
+
+}