diff --git a/examples/default/android/app/src/main/java/com/instabug/react/example/RNInstabugExampleCrashReportingModule.java b/examples/default/android/app/src/main/java/com/instabug/react/example/RNInstabugExampleCrashReportingModule.java
index 4ccb7ad3c..d8fb6ace8 100644
--- a/examples/default/android/app/src/main/java/com/instabug/react/example/RNInstabugExampleCrashReportingModule.java
+++ b/examples/default/android/app/src/main/java/com/instabug/react/example/RNInstabugExampleCrashReportingModule.java
@@ -37,9 +37,18 @@ public void sendNativeNonFatal(final String exceptionObject) {
 
     @ReactMethod
     public void sendNativeFatalCrash() {
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Unhandled IllegalStateException from Instabug Test App");
+        try {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unhandled IllegalStateException from Instabug Test App");
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+    @ReactMethod
+    public void sendNativeFatalCrash() {
+        try {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Unhandled IllegalStateException from Instabug Test App");
+        } catch (IllegalStateException e) {
+            // Report the exception instead of crashing the app directly
+            CrashReporting.report(e);
+        }
     }
-
     @ReactMethod
     public void sendANR() {
         sendHang(20000);