diff --git a/lib/context.js b/lib/context.js
index a2d3c61..ea60413 100644
--- a/lib/context.js
+++ b/lib/context.js
@@ -562,10 +562,12 @@ module.exports = {
    */
 
   onerror: function(err){
+    this.app.onerror(err);
+    
     // nothing we can do here other
     // than delegate to the app-level
     // handler and log.
-    if (this.headerSent) return this.app.onerror(err);
+    if (this.headerSent) return;
 
     // err.status support
     if (err.status) {