diff --git a/inline-c-cpp.cabal b/inline-c-cpp.cabal
--- a/inline-c-cpp.cabal
+++ b/inline-c-cpp.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                inline-c-cpp
-version:             0.3.0.0
+version:             0.3.0.1
 synopsis:            Lets you embed C++ code into Haskell.
 description:         Utilities to inline C++ code into Haskell using inline-c.  See
                      tests for example on how to build.
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Francesco Mazzoli
 maintainer:          francesco@fpcomplete.com
-copyright:           (c) 2015-2016 FP Complete Corporation, (c) 2017 Francesco Mazzoli
+copyright:           (c) 2015-2016 FP Complete Corporation, (c) 2017-2018 Francesco Mazzoli
 category:            FFI
-tested-with:         GHC == 8.2.1
+tested-with:         GHC == 8.2.2, GHC == 8.4.3, GHC == 8.6.1
 build-type:          Simple
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 
diff --git a/src/Language/C/Inline/Cpp/Exceptions.hs b/src/Language/C/Inline/Cpp/Exceptions.hs
--- a/src/Language/C/Inline/Cpp/Exceptions.hs
+++ b/src/Language/C/Inline/Cpp/Exceptions.hs
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
   --
   -- the defined(__clang__) should actually be redundant, since apparently it also
   -- defines GNUC, but but let's be safe.
-  C.verbatim $ unlines
+  _ <- C.verbatim $ unlines
     [ "#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__)"
     , "#include <cxxabi.h>"
     , "#include <string>"
diff --git a/test/tests.hs b/test/tests.hs
--- a/test/tests.hs
+++ b/test/tests.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import qualified Language.C.Inline.Cpp as C
 import qualified Language.C.Inline.Cpp.Exceptions as C
 import qualified Test.Hspec as Hspec
+import           Data.List (isInfixOf)
 
 C.context C.cppCtx
 
@@ -42,7 +43,9 @@
         throw std::string("FOOBAR");
         |]
 
-      result `Hspec.shouldBe` Left (C.CppOtherException (Just "std::__cxx11::basic_string<char, std::char_traits<char>, std::allocator<char> >"))
+      case result of
+        Left (C.CppOtherException (Just ty)) | "string" `isInfixOf` ty -> return ()
+        _ -> error ("Expected Left CppOtherException with string type, but got " ++ show result)
 
     Hspec.it "catch without return (pure)" $ do
       result <- [C.tryBlock| void {