diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 468613100e87..98c924328c62 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -94,20 +94,33 @@ bool LogAcceptCategory(const char* category);
 /** Send a string to the log output */
 int LogPrintStr(const std::string &str);
 
+/** Formats a string without throwing exceptions. Instead, it'll return an error string instead of formatted string. */
+template<typename... Args>
+std::string SafeStringFormat(const std::string& fmt, const Args&... args)
+{
+    try {
+        return tinyformat::format(fmt, args...);
+    } catch (std::runtime_error& e) {
+        std::string message = tinyformat::format("\n****TINYFORMAT ERROR****\n    err=\"%s\"\n    fmt=\"%s\"\n", e.what(), fmt);
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s", message.c_str());
+        return message;
+    }
+}
+
 #define LogPrint(category, ...) do { \
     if (LogAcceptCategory((category))) { \
-        LogPrintStr(tinyformat::format(__VA_ARGS__)); \
+        LogPrintStr(SafeStringFormat(__VA_ARGS__)); \
     } \
 } while(0)
 
 #define LogPrintf(...) do { \
-    LogPrintStr(tinyformat::format(__VA_ARGS__)); \
+    LogPrintStr(SafeStringFormat(__VA_ARGS__)); \
 } while(0)
 
 template<typename... Args>
 bool error(const char* fmt, const Args&... args)
 {
-    LogPrintStr("ERROR: " + tinyformat::format(fmt, args...) + "\n");
+    LogPrintStr("ERROR: " + SafeStringFormat(fmt, args...) + "\n");
     return false;
 }