diff --git a/src/serena/agent.py b/src/serena/agent.py
index 96753ef7..5a22b2d3 100644
--- a/src/serena/agent.py
+++ b/src/serena/agent.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, TypeVar, Union
 import click
 from pathspec import PathSpec
 from sensai.util import logging
-from sensai.util.logging import FallbackHandler, LogTime
+from sensai.util.logging import LogTime
 
 from serena import serena_version
 from serena.config.context_mode import SerenaAgentContext, SerenaAgentMode
@@ -46,27 +46,6 @@ SUCCESS_RESULT = "OK"
 DEFAULT_TOOL_TIMEOUT: float = 240
 
 
-def show_fatal_exception_safe(e: Exception) -> None:
-    """
-    Shows the given exception in the GUI log viewer on the main thread and ensures that the exception is logged or at
-    least printed to stderr.
-    """
-    # Make sure the error is logged (adding a fallback handler which writes to stderr in case there is no other handler)
-    fallback_handler = FallbackHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr))
-    Logger.root.addHandler(fallback_handler)
-    log.error(f"Fatal exception: {e}", exc_info=e)
-
-    # attempt to show the error in the GUI
-    try:
-        # NOTE: The import can fail on macOS if Tk is not available (depends on Python interpreter installation, which uv
-        #   used as a base); while tkinter as such is always available, its dependencies can be unavailable on macOS.
-        from serena.gui_log_viewer import show_fatal_exception
-
-        show_fatal_exception(e)
-    except:
-        pass
-
-
 class ProjectNotFoundError(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/src/serena/agno.py b/src/serena/agno.py
index 28284ab8..07ab7371 100644
--- a/src/serena/agno.py
+++ b/src/serena/agno.py
@@ -14,9 +14,10 @@ from agno.tools.toolkit import Toolkit
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from sensai.util.logging import LogTime
 
-from serena.agent import SerenaAgent, Tool, show_fatal_exception_safe
+from serena.agent import SerenaAgent, Tool
 from serena.config.context_mode import SerenaAgentContext
 from serena.constants import REPO_ROOT
+from serena.util.exception import show_fatal_exception_safe
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
diff --git a/src/serena/config/serena_config.py b/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
index 232afd27..b321fa5c 100644
--- a/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
+++ b/src/serena/config/serena_config.py
@@ -4,18 +4,15 @@ The Serena Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server
 
 import os
 import shutil
-import sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
 from functools import cached_property
-from logging import Logger
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any, Self, TypeVar
 
 import yaml
 from ruamel.yaml.comments import CommentedMap
 from sensai.util import logging
-from sensai.util.logging import FallbackHandler
 from sensai.util.string import ToStringMixin
 
 from serena.constants import (
@@ -38,27 +35,6 @@ T = TypeVar("T")
 DEFAULT_TOOL_TIMEOUT: float = 240
 
 
-def show_fatal_exception_safe(e: Exception) -> None:
-    """
-    Shows the given exception in the GUI log viewer on the main thread and ensures that the exception is logged or at
-    least printed to stderr.
-    """
-    # Make sure the error is logged (adding a fallback handler which writes to stderr in case there is no other handler)
-    fallback_handler = FallbackHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr))
-    Logger.root.addHandler(fallback_handler)
-    log.error(f"Fatal exception: {e}", exc_info=e)
-
-    # attempt to show the error in the GUI
-    try:
-        # NOTE: The import can fail on macOS if Tk is not available (depends on Python interpreter installation, which uv
-        #   used as a base); while tkinter as such is always available, its dependencies can be unavailable on macOS.
-        from serena.gui_log_viewer import show_fatal_exception
-
-        show_fatal_exception(e)
-    except:
-        pass
-
-
 class SerenaConfigError(Exception):
     pass
 
diff --git a/src/serena/mcp.py b/src/serena/mcp.py
index 8128c525..3f918194 100644
--- a/src/serena/mcp.py
+++ b/src/serena/mcp.py
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ from sensai.util import logging
 from serena.agent import (
     SerenaAgent,
     SerenaConfig,
-    show_fatal_exception_safe,
 )
 from serena.config.context_mode import SerenaAgentContext, SerenaAgentMode
 from serena.constants import DEFAULT_CONTEXT, DEFAULT_MODES
 from serena.tools import ToolInterface
+from serena.util.exception import show_fatal_exception_safe
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 LOG_FORMAT = "%(levelname)-5s %(asctime)-15s %(name)s:%(funcName)s:%(lineno)d - %(message)s"
diff --git a/src/serena/util/exception.py b/src/serena/util/exception.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a0cebfb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serena/util/exception.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import sys
+from logging import Logger
+
+from sensai.util import logging
+from sensai.util.logging import FallbackHandler
+
+from serena.agent import log
+
+
+def show_fatal_exception_safe(e: Exception) -> None:
+    """
+    Shows the given exception in the GUI log viewer on the main thread and ensures that the exception is logged or at
+    least printed to stderr.
+    """
+    # Make sure the error is logged (adding a fallback handler which writes to stderr in case there is no other handler)
+    fallback_handler = FallbackHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stderr))
+    Logger.root.addHandler(fallback_handler)
+    log.error(f"Fatal exception: {e}", exc_info=e)
+
+    # attempt to show the error in the GUI
+    try:
+        # NOTE: The import can fail on macOS if Tk is not available (depends on Python interpreter installation, which uv
+        #   used as a base); while tkinter as such is always available, its dependencies can be unavailable on macOS.
+        from serena.gui_log_viewer import show_fatal_exception
+
+        show_fatal_exception(e)
+    except:
+        pass