diff --git a/moo/lib/moo.c b/moo/lib/moo.c
index 50a37fc..0f6a764 100644
--- a/moo/lib/moo.c
+++ b/moo/lib/moo.c
@@ -565,22 +565,13 @@ moo_mod_data_t* moo_openmod (moo_t* moo, const moo_ooch_t* name, moo_oow_t namel
 		return MOO_NULL;
 	}
 
-	moo_seterrnum (moo, MOO_ENOERR);
 	/* attempt to get moo_mod_xxx where xxx is the module name*/
 	load = moo->vmprim.dl_getsym (moo, md.handle, buf);
 	if (!load) 
 	{
-		if (moo_geterrnum(moo) == MOO_ENOERR)
-		{
-			moo_seterrbfmt (moo, MOO_ENOENT, "unable to get module symbol [%js] in [%.*js]", buf,namelen, name);
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			const moo_ooch_t* oldmsg = moo_backuperrmsg (moo);
-			moo_seterrbfmt (moo, moo_geterrnum(moo), "unable to get module symbol [%js] in [%.*js] - %js", buf,namelen, name, oldmsg);
-		}
+		const moo_ooch_t* oldmsg = moo_backuperrmsg (moo);
+		moo_seterrbfmt (moo, moo_geterrnum(moo), "unable to get module symbol [%js] in [%.*js] - %js", buf,namelen, name, oldmsg);
 		MOO_DEBUG3 (moo, "Cannot get a module symbol [%js] in [%.*js]\n", buf, namelen, name);
-		
 		moo->vmprim.dl_close (moo, md.handle);
 		return MOO_NULL;
 	}
@@ -599,19 +590,10 @@ moo_mod_data_t* moo_openmod (moo_t* moo, const moo_ooch_t* name, moo_oow_t namel
 	mdp = (moo_mod_data_t*)MOO_RBT_VPTR(pair);
 	MOO_ASSERT (moo, MOO_SIZEOF(mdp->mod.hints) == MOO_SIZEOF(int));
 	mdp->mod.hints = hints;
-	moo_seterrnum (moo, MOO_ENOERR);
 	if (load (moo, &mdp->mod) <= -1)
 	{
-		if (moo_geterrnum(moo) == MOO_ENOERR)
-		{
-			moo_seterrbfmt (moo, MOO_EGENERIC, "module initializer [%js] returned failure in [%.*js]", buf, namelen, name); 
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			const moo_ooch_t* oldmsg = moo_backuperrmsg (moo);
-			moo_seterrbfmt (moo, moo_geterrnum(moo), "module initializer [%js] returned failure in [%.*js] - %js", buf, namelen, name, oldmsg); 
-		}
-
+		const moo_ooch_t* oldmsg = moo_backuperrmsg (moo);
+		moo_seterrbfmt (moo, moo_geterrnum(moo), "module initializer [%js] returned failure in [%.*js] - %js", buf, namelen, name, oldmsg); 
 		MOO_DEBUG3 (moo, "Module function [%js] returned failure in [%.*js]\n", buf, namelen, name);
 		moo_rbt_delete (&moo->modtab, name, namelen);
 		moo->vmprim.dl_close (moo, mdp->handle);