diff --git a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
index 0b80257332..69787f6ff6 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
+++ b/stepmania/src/StepMania.vcproj
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32,NDEBUG,_WINDOWS,RELEASE"
 				StringPooling="TRUE"
 				MinimalRebuild="FALSE"
+				ExceptionHandling="FALSE"
 				RuntimeLibrary="0"
 				BufferSecurityCheck="FALSE"
 				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="FALSE"