diff --git a/wasm/emit_wat.ml b/wasm/emit_wat.ml
index a27ca4b0f..6f19062b7 100644
--- a/wasm/emit_wat.ml
+++ b/wasm/emit_wat.ml
@@ -492,6 +492,7 @@ module Conv = struct
     match e with
     | Var _ | I32 _ | I64 _ | F64 _ | Global_get _ -> true
     | Unop (I31_new, e) -> expr_is_pure e
+    | Let2 { defining_expr; body; _ }
     | Let { defining_expr; body } ->
       expr_is_pure defining_expr && expr_is_pure body
     | _ -> false
diff --git a/wasm/link_wat.ml b/wasm/link_wat.ml
index 7c319e277..ea7fc7e7a 100644
--- a/wasm/link_wat.ml
+++ b/wasm/link_wat.ml
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ let options =
   [ "--enable-multivalue"
   ; "--enable-gc"
   ; "--enable-reference-types"
-  ; "--enable-exception-handling"
   ; "--enable-tail-call"
-  ]
+  ] @ match Wstate.exception_repr with
+    | Native_exceptions -> [ "--enable-exception-handling" ]
+    | Multi_return ->  []
 
 let wasm_merge = "wasm-merge"
 
-let runtime = [ "exn_tag"; "runtime"; "imports" ]
+let runtime = [  "runtime"; "imports" ]
+  @ match Wstate.exception_repr with
+    | Native_exceptions -> [ "exn_tag" ]
+    | Multi_return ->  []
 
 let merge_files ~runtime_dir ~text files output =
   let text = if text then [ emit_text ] else [] in
diff --git a/wasm/runtime.wat b/wasm/runtime.wat
index 5374d131f..9fa580184 100644
--- a/wasm/runtime.wat
+++ b/wasm/runtime.wat
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   (type $Array (sub (array (mut (ref eq)))))
   (type $FloatArray (sub (array (mut f64))))
   (type $Gen_block (sub (array (mut (ref eq)))))
-  (import "exn_tag" "exc" (tag $exc (param (ref eq))))
+  ;; TODO: re-enable exception
+  ;;(import "exn_tag" "exc" (tag $exc (param (ref eq))))
 
   ;; ==========
   ;; Exceptions
@@ -216,11 +217,15 @@
               (ref.cast (ref $String) (local.get $arr))
               (local.get $field))))
         (else
-          (throw $exc
+          unreachable
+          ;; TODO: re-enable exception
+          (;(throw $exc
             (array.new_fixed $Gen_block 3
               (ref.i31 (i32.const 0))
               (global.get $invalid_argument)
-              (global.get $index_out_of_bound_string)))))
+              (global.get $index_out_of_bound_string)))
+          ;)
+          ))
   )
 
   (func $string_eq (param $a (ref $String)) (param $b (ref $String)) (result i32)
diff --git a/wasm/test/test_node.sh b/wasm/test/test_node.sh
index 9651b305a..b3ae5323e 100755
--- a/wasm/test/test_node.sh
+++ b/wasm/test/test_node.sh
@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ set -eu
 
 alias time='/usr/bin/time -f"real %e user %U sys %S"'
 
-NODE='node-canary --stack-size=10000'
+ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE=20000
+STACK_SIZE=10000
+NODE="node-canary --stack-size=${STACK_SIZE}"
+
+ulimit -s $ULIMIT_STACK_SIZE
 
 bench() {
   echo "*** Running ${1}"
   echo -n "Wasocaml (node):            "
   ../../ocamlopt -O3 ./${2}.ml > /dev/null
   time $NODE ./main_node.mjs > /dev/null
-  wasm-opt --enable-gc --enable-reference-types --enable-exception-handling --enable-multivalue --enable-tail-call a.out.wasm -o a.out.wasm -O3
+  wasm-opt --enable-gc --enable-reference-types --enable-multivalue --enable-tail-call a.out.wasm -o a.out.wasm -O3
   echo -n "Wasocaml + wasm-opt (node): "
   time $NODE ./main_node.mjs > /dev/null
   echo -n "OCaml native:               "
diff --git a/wasm/wat.ml b/wasm/wat.ml
index 74eb481c1..f362ab379 100644
--- a/wasm/wat.ml
+++ b/wasm/wat.ml
@@ -371,7 +371,10 @@ module C = struct
       (node "tag" [ !$"exc"; node "param" [ node "ref" [ atom "eq" ] ] ])
 
   let module_ m =
-    let m = import_tag :: m in
+    let m = match Wstate.exception_repr with
+      | Native_exceptions -> import_tag :: m
+      | Multi_return -> m
+    in
     nodev "module" m
 
 end