diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-node.yml b/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
index 95ac1c2e..d0f2c13d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-node.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       - run: npm install
       - run: npm test
+      - run: npm -g install bare
+      - run: npm run test:bare
   trigger_canary:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') # Only run when a new package is published (detects when a new tag is pushed)
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 293ecffd..236523f7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "standard && node test/all.js",
+    "test:bare": "bare test/all.js",
     "test:generate": "brittle -r test/all.js test/*.js"
   },
   "repository": {
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@
     "standard": "^17.0.0",
     "test-tmp": "^1.0.2",
     "tiny-byte-size": "^1.1.0",
-    "udx-native": "^1.6.1"
+    "udx-native": "^1.6.1",
+    "uncaughts": "^1.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/sessions.js b/test/sessions.js
index 65c8aecd..24dd027a 100644
--- a/test/sessions.js
+++ b/test/sessions.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const uncaughts = require('uncaughts')
 const test = require('brittle')
 const crypto = require('hypercore-crypto')
 const c = require('compact-encoding')
@@ -122,6 +123,8 @@ test('sessions - checkout breaks prologue', async function (t) {
   const storage = await createStorage(t)
   const storage2 = await createStorage(t)
 
+  uncaughts.on(noop)
+
   const core = new Hypercore(storage)
 
   for (let i = 0; i < 10; i++) await core.append(b4a.from([i]))
@@ -139,8 +142,6 @@ test('sessions - checkout breaks prologue', async function (t) {
   await prologued.ready()
   await prologued.core.copyPrologue(core.state)
 
-  process.on('uncaughtException', noop)
-
   let session
   try {
     session = prologued.session({ name: 'fail', checkout: 7 })
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ test('sessions - checkout breaks prologue', async function (t) {
   await prologued.close()
   await core.close()
 
-  process.off('uncaughtException', noop)
+  uncaughts.off(noop)
 })
 
 function noop () {}