diff --git a/lib/DBR/Record/Base.pm b/lib/DBR/Record/Base.pm
index d0d4d8b..c79fad8 100644
--- a/lib/DBR/Record/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/DBR/Record/Base.pm
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ sub gethash{
 
 sub next { croak "Can not call next on a record" }
 
-sub TO_JSON { die "This part doesn't work yet" } #HERE - this needs work
+sub TO_JSON { confess "This part doesn't work yet" } #HERE - this needs work
 
 #sub DESTROY { print STDERR "RECORD DESTROY $_[0]\n"}
 1;