diff --git a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
index 19ce75f..e6c686e 100644
--- a/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/exception/exception.hpp
@@ -110,6 +110,9 @@ namespace fc
 
          friend void to_variant( const exception& e, variant& v );
          friend void from_variant( const variant& e, exception& ll );
+
+         exception& operator=( const exception& copy );
+         exception& operator=( exception&& copy );
       protected:
          std::unique_ptr<detail::exception_impl> my;
    };
diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
index 564af9d..50f4db2 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw.hpp
@@ -15,6 +15,42 @@
 
 namespace fc { 
     namespace raw {
+    template<typename Stream>
+    inline void pack( Stream& s, const fc::exception& e )
+    {
+       fc::raw::pack( s, e.code() );
+       fc::raw::pack( s, std::string(e.name()) );
+       fc::raw::pack( s, std::string(e.what()) );
+       fc::raw::pack( s, e.get_log() );
+    }
+    template<typename Stream>
+    inline void unpack( Stream& s, fc::exception& e )
+    {
+       int64_t code;
+       std::string name, what;
+       log_messages msgs;
+
+       fc::raw::unpack( s, code );
+       fc::raw::unpack( s, name );
+       fc::raw::unpack( s, what );
+       fc::raw::unpack( s, msgs );
+
+       e = fc::exception( fc::move(msgs), code, name, what );
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream>
+    inline void pack( Stream& s, const fc::log_message& msg )
+    {
+       fc::raw::pack( s, variant(msg) );
+    }
+    template<typename Stream>
+    inline void unpack( Stream& s, fc::log_message& msg )
+    {
+       fc::variant vmsg;
+       fc::raw::unpack( s, vmsg );
+       msg = vmsg.as<log_message>();
+    }
+
     template<typename Stream>
     inline void pack( Stream& s, const fc::path& tp )
     {
diff --git a/include/fc/log/log_message.hpp b/include/fc/log/log_message.hpp
index 4a6257a..4a96b00 100644
--- a/include/fc/log/log_message.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/log/log_message.hpp
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ namespace fc
 
 } // namespace fc
 
+FC_REFLECT_TYPENAME( fc::log_message );
+
 #ifndef __func__
 #define __func__ __FUNCTION__
 #endif
diff --git a/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp b/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
index 9329023..64f57bc 100644
--- a/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 namespace fc {
   class value;
+  class exception;
   template<typename T> class get_typename{};
   template<> struct get_typename<int32_t>  { static const char* name()  { return "int32_t";  } };
   template<> struct get_typename<int64_t>  { static const char* name()  { return "int64_t";  } };
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ namespace fc {
   template<> struct get_typename<char>     { static const char* name()  { return "char";     } };
   template<> struct get_typename<void>     { static const char* name()  { return "char";     } };
   template<> struct get_typename<string>   { static const char* name()  { return "string";   } };
-  template<> struct get_typename<value>   { static const char* name()   { return "value";   } };
+  template<> struct get_typename<value>    { static const char* name()   { return "value";   } };
+  template<> struct get_typename<fc::exception>   { static const char* name()   { return "fc::exception";   } };
   template<> struct get_typename<std::vector<char>>   { static const char* name()   { return "std::vector<char>";   } };
 
   struct signed_int;
diff --git a/src/exception.cpp b/src/exception.cpp
index 816b60c..186317c 100644
--- a/src/exception.cpp
+++ b/src/exception.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@ namespace fc
             log_messages    _elog;
       };
    }
+   exception::exception( log_messages&& msgs, int64_t code,
+                                    const std::string& name_value, 
+                                    const std::string& what_value )
+   :my( new detail::exception_impl() )
+   {
+      my->_code = code;
+      my->_what = what_value;
+      my->_name = name_value;
+      my->_elog = fc::move(msgs);
+   }
 
    unhandled_exception::unhandled_exception( log_message&& m, std::exception_ptr e ) 
    :exception( fc::move(m) ) 
@@ -202,5 +212,16 @@ namespace fc
          throw null_optional();
       return true;
    }
+   exception& exception::operator=( const exception& copy )
+   {
+      *my = *copy.my;
+      return *this;
+   }
+
+   exception& exception::operator=( exception&& copy )
+   {
+      my = std::move(copy.my);
+      return *this;
+   }
 
 } // fc