diff --git a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/ConfigurationDoneRequestHandler.java b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/ConfigurationDoneRequestHandler.java
index 1eebe005d..d09826114 100644
--- a/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/ConfigurationDoneRequestHandler.java
+++ b/com.microsoft.java.debug.core/src/main/java/com/microsoft/java/debug/core/adapter/handler/ConfigurationDoneRequestHandler.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ private void handleDebugEvent(DebugEvent debugEvent, IDebugSession debugSession,
             // ignore since SetBreakpointsRequestHandler has already handled
         } else if (event instanceof ExceptionEvent) {
             ThreadReference thread = ((ExceptionEvent) event).thread();
-            ThreadReference bpThread = ((BreakpointEvent) event).thread();
+            ThreadReference bpThread = ((ExceptionEvent) event).thread();
             IEvaluationProvider engine = context.getProvider(IEvaluationProvider.class);
             if (engine.isInEvaluation(bpThread)) {
                 return;