diff --git a/static_core/plugins/ets/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt b/static_core/plugins/ets/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
index 90b5e6f7010fa287efe7f6110dc364ef0e702701..e409b8c392b3c364ee75e19f1dd2d0e2591290b2 100644
--- a/static_core/plugins/ets/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/static_core/plugins/ets/tests/checked/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function(panda_add_checked_test_ets)
     endif()
 
     set(OPTIONS "--load-runtimes=ets" "--run-gc-in-place" "--coroutine-workers-count=1" "--boot-panda-files=${BOOT_PANDA_FILES}")
-    set(ES2PANDA_OPTIONS --thread=0 --extension=ets)
+    set(ES2PANDA_OPTIONS --thread=0 --extension=ets --opt-try-catch-func=true)
     if (NOT PANDA_CI_TESTING_MODE STREQUAL "Nightly")
         set (OPTIONS ${OPTIONS} "--compiler-check-final=true")
     endif()