diff --git a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
index e75eb79..453840f 100644
--- a/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
+++ b/lib/Mojolicious/Plugin/TtRenderer/Engine.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package Mojolicious::Plugin::TtRenderer::Engine;
 
 use warnings;
 use strict;
+use v5.10;
 
 use base 'Mojo::Base';
 
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ sub _init {
     my $dir;
     my $app = delete $args{mojo} || delete $args{app};
     if($dir=$args{cache_dir}) {
-      
+
       if($app && substr($dir,0,1) ne '/') {
         $dir=$app->home->rel_dir('tmp/ctpl');
       }
@@ -88,11 +89,19 @@ sub _render {
     # Error
     unless ($ok) {
 
+        state $rendering_exception;
+
         my $e = Mojo::Exception->new($self->tt->error.'');
         $$output = '';
         $c->app->log->error(qq/Template error in "$t": $e/);
-        $c->render_exception($e);
-        $self->tt->error('');
+
+        unless($rendering_exception)
+        {
+            $rendering_exception = 1;
+            $c->render_exception($e);
+            $rendering_exception = 0;
+            $self->tt->error('');
+        }
     }
 
     return 1;
diff --git a/t/deep_recursion.t b/t/deep_recursion.t
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27f30bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/deep_recursion.t
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+#BEGIN { $ENV{MOJO_MODE}='testing'; };
+
+use utf8;
+
+use Test::More tests => 3;
+
+use Mojolicious::Lite;
+use Test::Mojo;
+
+# Silence
+app->log->level('fatal');
+
+plugin 'tt_renderer';
+
+get '/exception' => sub { die };
+
+#say app->mode;
+#app->start;
+#exit;
+
+my $t = Test::Mojo->new;
+
+$t->app->renderer->default_handler('tt');
+
+my $deep_recursion = 0;
+
+do {
+  local $SIG{__WARN__} = sub {
+    my $warning = shift;
+    if($warning =~ /Deep recursion/) {
+      $deep_recursion = 1;
+      die $warning;
+    }
+  };
+  $t->get_ok('/exception')
+    ->status_is(500);
+};
+
+ok !$deep_recursion, 'no deep recursion';
+
+__DATA__
+
+@@ exception.development.html.tt
+[% 1 + % %]
+
+@@ exception.html.tt
+[% 1 + % %]
+
+@@ exception.testing.html.tt
+[% 1 + % %]