diff --git a/efel/cppcore/cfeature.cpp b/efel/cppcore/cfeature.cpp
index 12cc528e..1ec75bfb 100644
--- a/efel/cppcore/cfeature.cpp
+++ b/efel/cppcore/cfeature.cpp
@@ -627,10 +627,11 @@ string cFeature::featuretype(string featurename) {
   if (npos != string::npos) {
     featurename = featurename.substr(0, npos);
   }
+  if (featurename == "__test_efel_assertion__")  // for testing only
+    throw EfelAssertionError("Test efel assertion is successfully triggered.");
   string type = featuretypes[featurename];
-  if (type != "int" && type != "double") {
+  if (type != "int" && type != "double")
     throw std::runtime_error("Unknown feature name: " + featurename);
-  }
   return type;
 }
 
diff --git a/efel/cppcore/cppcore.cpp b/efel/cppcore/cppcore.cpp
index 196057d4..938a0646 100644
--- a/efel/cppcore/cppcore.cpp
+++ b/efel/cppcore/cppcore.cpp
@@ -114,25 +114,18 @@ _getfeature(PyObject* self, PyObject* args, const string &input_type) {
 
   int return_value;
   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "sO!", &feature_name, &PyList_Type, &py_values)) {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Unexpected argument type provided.");
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  string feature_type;
   try {
-    feature_type = pFeature->featuretype(string(feature_name));
-  }
-  catch(const std::runtime_error& e)
-  {
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, e.what());
-    return NULL;
-  }
+    string feature_type = pFeature->featuretype(string(feature_name));
 
-  if (!input_type.empty() && feature_type != input_type){  // when types do not match
-    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Feature type does not match");
-    return NULL;
-  }
+    if (!input_type.empty() && feature_type != input_type){  // when types do not match
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Feature type does not match");
+      return NULL;
+    }
 
-  try {
     if (feature_type == "int") {
       vector<int> values;
       return_value = pFeature->getFeature<int>(string(feature_name), values);
diff --git a/tests/test_cppcore.py b/tests/test_cppcore.py
index fac793d2..19ad2a49 100644
--- a/tests/test_cppcore.py
+++ b/tests/test_cppcore.py
@@ -209,3 +209,15 @@ def test_caching(self, feature_name):
         assert contents.count(f"Calculated feature {feature_name}") == 1
         # make sure Reusing computed value of text occurs twice
         assert contents.count(f"Reusing computed value of {feature_name}") == 2
+
+
+def test_efel_assertion_error():
+    """Testing if c++ assertion error is propagated to python acorrectly."""
+    import efel
+    efel.reset()
+    trace = {
+        "stim_start": [25],
+        "stim_end": [75],
+    }
+    with pytest.raises(AssertionError):
+        efel.getFeatureValues([trace], ["__test_efel_assertion__"])