gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/lib/Moose/Error/Default.pm b/lib/Moose/Error/Default.pm
index 0c81d0e..9588c65 100644
--- a/lib/Moose/Error/Default.pm
+++ b/lib/Moose/Error/Default.pm
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ Class::MOP::MiniTrait::apply(__PACKAGE__, 'Moose::Meta::Object::Trait');
 
 sub new {
     my ( $self, @args ) = @_;
-    $self->create_error_confess( @args );
+    if(exists $ENV{MOOSE_CROAK} && $ENV{MOOSE_CROAK}) {
+        $self->create_error_confess( @args );       
+    }
+    else {
+        $self->create_error_croak( @args );       
+    }
 }
 
 sub create_error_croak {