diff --git a/src/openttd.cpp b/src/openttd.cpp
--- a/src/openttd.cpp
+++ b/src/openttd.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 #include "highscore.h"
 #include "thread/thread.h"
 #include "station_base.h"
+#include "crashlog.h"
 
 #include "newgrf_commons.h"
 
@@ -124,10 +125,9 @@ void CDECL error(const char *s, ...)
 	ShowOSErrorBox(buf, true);
 	if (_video_driver != NULL) _video_driver->Stop();
 
-	/* Don't go into NOT_REACHED here; NOT_REACHED is using error, so
-	 * using it would result in an infinite loop instead of errors. */
-	assert(0);
-	exit(1);
+	/* Set the error message for the crash log and then invoke it. */
+	CrashLog::SetErrorMessage(buf);
+	abort();
 }
 
 /**