diff --git a/messages/en.json b/messages/en.json
index cca0286..d121869 100644
--- a/messages/en.json
+++ b/messages/en.json
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@
     "acc_warning": "Changing accounts during game. Please do not change accounts while playing.",
     "tempban_kick": "Temporary ban for warning: {reason}",
     "error_log": "An error has occurred and has been logged.",
+    "error_pastebin": "(Unable to pastebin traceback; please check the console)",
 
     "_": " vim: set sw=4 expandtab:"
 }
diff --git a/src/decorators.py b/src/decorators.py
index 2d3281b..8cd1545 100644
--- a/src/decorators.py
+++ b/src/decorators.py
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-import fnmatch
-import socket
 import traceback
 import threading
-import types
-import sys
+import string
+import random
+import json
+import re
+
+import urllib.request, urllib.parse
+
 from collections import defaultdict
 
 from oyoyo.client import IRCClient
@@ -12,7 +15,7 @@ from oyoyo.parse import parse_nick
 import botconfig
 import src.settings as var
 from src.utilities import *
-from src import channels, logger, errlog, events
+from src import channels, users, logger, errlog, events
 from src.messages import messages
 
 adminlog = logger.logger("audit.log")
@@ -20,64 +23,161 @@ adminlog = logger.logger("audit.log")
 COMMANDS = defaultdict(list)
 HOOKS = defaultdict(list)
 
-# Error handler decorators
-
-_do_nothing = lambda: None
+# Error handler decorators and context managers
 
 class _local(threading.local):
-    level = 0
     frame_locals = None
+    handler = None
+    level = 0
 
 _local = _local()
 
+# This is a mapping of stringified tracebacks to (link, uuid) tuples
+# That way, we don't have to call in to the website everytime we have
+# another error. If you ever need to delete pastes, do the following:
+# $ curl -x DELETE https://ptpb.pw/<uuid>
+
+_tracebacks = {}
+
+class chain_exceptions:
+
+    def __init__(self, exc, *, suppress_context=False):
+        self.exc = exc
+        self.suppress_context = suppress_context
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc, value, tb):
+        if exc is value is tb is None:
+            return False
+
+        value.__context__ = self.exc
+        value.__suppress_context__ = self.suppress_context
+        self.exc = value
+        return True
+
+    @property
+    def traceback(self):
+        return "".join(traceback.format_exception(type(self.exc), self.exc, self.exc.__traceback__))
+
+class print_traceback:
+
+    def __enter__(self):
+        _local.level += 1
+        return self
+
+    def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_value, tb):
+        if exc_type is exc_value is tb is None:
+            _local.level -= 1
+            return False
+
+        if not issubclass(exc_type, Exception):
+            _local.level -= 1
+            return False
+
+        if _local.frame_locals is None:
+            while tb.tb_next is not None:
+                tb = tb.tb_next
+            _local.frame_locals = tb.tb_frame.f_locals
+
+        if _local.level > 1:
+            _local.level -= 1
+            return False # the outermost caller should handle this
+
+        if _local.handler is None:
+            _local.handler = chain_exceptions(exc_value)
+
+        variables = ["", None, "Local variables from innermost frame:", ""]
+
+        with _local.handler:
+            for name, value in _local.frame_locals.items():
+                variables.append("{0} = {1!r}".format(name, value))
+
+        if len(variables) > 4:
+            variables.append("\n")
+        else:
+            variables[2] = "No local variables found in innermost frame."
+
+        variables[1] = _local.handler.traceback
+
+        if not botconfig.PASTEBIN_ERRORS or channels.Main is not channels.Dev:
+            channels.Main.send(messages["error_log"])
+        if botconfig.PASTEBIN_ERRORS and channels.Dev is not None:
+            message = [messages["error_log"]]
+
+            link_uuid = _tracebacks.get("\n".join(variables))
+            if link_uuid is None:
+                bot_id = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9-]", "-", users.Bot.nick)
+                bot_id = re.sub(r"--+", "-", bot_id).strip("-")
+
+                rand_id = "".join(random.sample(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, 8))
+
+                api_url = "https://ptpb.pw/~{0}-error-{1}".format(bot_id, rand_id)
+
+                data = None
+                with _local.handler:
+                    req = urllib.request.Request(api_url, urllib.parse.urlencode({
+                            "c": "\n".join(variables),  # contents
+                            "s": 86400 # expiry (seconds)
+                        }).encode("utf-8", "replace"))
+
+                    req.add_header("Accept", "application/json")
+                    resp = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
+                    data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
+
+                if data is None: # couldn't fetch the link
+                    message.append(messages["error_pastebin"])
+                    variables[1] = _local.handler.traceback # an error happened; update the stored traceback
+                else:
+                    link, uuid = _tracebacks["\n".join(variables)] = (data["url"] + "/pytb", data.get("uuid"))
+                    message.append(link)
+                    if uuid is None: # if there's no uuid, the paste already exists and we don't have it
+                        message.append("(Already reported by another instance)")
+                    else:
+                        message.append("(uuid: {0})".format(uuid))
+
+            else:
+                link, uuid = link_uuid
+                message.append(link)
+                if uuid is None:
+                    message.append("(Previously reported)")
+                else:
+                    message.append("(uuid: {0}-...)".format(uuid[:8]))
+
+            channels.Dev.send(" ".join(message), prefix=botconfig.DEV_PREFIX)
+
+        errlog("\n".join(variables))
+
+        _local.level -= 1
+        if not _local.level: # outermost caller; we're done here
+            _local.frame_locals = None
+            _local.handler = None
+
+        return True # a true return value tells the interpreter to swallow the exception
+
 class handle_error:
 
-    def __new__(cls, func):
-        if isinstance(func, cls): # already decorated
+    def __new__(cls, func=None, *, instance=None):
+        if isinstance(func, cls) and instance is func.instance: # already decorated
             return func
 
         self = super().__new__(cls)
+        self.instance = instance
         self.func = func
         return self
 
     def __get__(self, instance, owner):
-        if instance is not None:
-            return types.MethodType(self, instance)
+        if instance is not self.instance:
+            return type(self)(self.func, instance=instance)
         return self
 
-    def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        fn = _do_nothing
-        _local.level += 1
-        try:
+    def __call__(*args, **kwargs):
+        self, *args = args
+        if self.instance is not None:
+            args = self.instance, *args
+        with print_traceback():
             return self.func(*args, **kwargs)
-        except Exception:
-            if _local.frame_locals is None:
-                exc_type, exc_value, tb = sys.exc_info()
-                while tb.tb_next is not None:
-                    tb = tb.tb_next
-                _local.frame_locals = tb.tb_frame.f_locals
-
-            if _local.level > 1:
-                raise # the outermost caller should handle this
-
-            fn = lambda: errlog("\n{0}\n\n".format(data))
-            data = traceback.format_exc()
-            variables = ["\nLocal variables from innermost frame:\n"]
-            for name, value in _local.frame_locals.items():
-                variables.append("{0} = {1!r}".format(name, value))
-
-            data += "\n".join(variables)
-
-            if not botconfig.PASTEBIN_ERRORS or channels.Main is not channels.Dev:
-                channels.Main.send(messages["error_log"])
-            if botconfig.PASTEBIN_ERRORS and channels.Dev is not None:
-                pastebin_tb(channels.Dev, messages["error_log"], data, prefix=botconfig.DEV_PREFIX)
-
-        finally:
-            fn()
-            _local.level -= 1
-            if not _local.level: # outermost caller; we're done here
-                _local.frame_locals = None
 
 class cmd:
     def __init__(self, *cmds, raw_nick=False, flag=None, owner_only=False,
diff --git a/src/utilities.py b/src/utilities.py
index 8d091ea..e20d58c 100644
--- a/src/utilities.py
+++ b/src/utilities.py
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
-import fnmatch
 import itertools
-import json
-import random
+import fnmatch
 import re
-import string
-import traceback
-import urllib
 
 import botconfig
 import src.settings as var
@@ -20,8 +15,7 @@ __all__ = ["pm", "is_fake_nick", "mass_mode", "mass_privmsg", "reply",
            "is_owner", "is_admin", "plural", "singular", "list_players",
            "list_players_and_roles", "list_participants", "get_role", "get_roles",
            "get_reveal_role", "get_templates", "role_order", "break_long_message",
-           "complete_match", "get_victim", "get_nick", "pastebin_tb",
-           "InvalidModeException"]
+           "complete_match", "get_victim", "get_nick", "InvalidModeException"]
 # message either privmsg or notice, depending on user settings
 def pm(cli, target, message):
     if is_fake_nick(target) and botconfig.DEBUG_MODE:
@@ -463,31 +457,6 @@ def get_nick(cli, nick):
         return None
     return ul[ull.index(lnick)]
 
-def pastebin_tb(context, msg, exc, prefix):
-    try:
-        bot_id = re.sub(r"[^A-Za-z0-9-]", "-", botconfig.NICK)
-        bot_id = re.sub(r"--+", "-", bot_id)
-        bot_id = re.sub(r"^-+|-+$", "", bot_id)
-
-        rand_id = "".join(random.sample(string.ascii_letters + string.digits, 8))
-
-        api_url = "https://ptpb.pw/~{0}-error-{1}".format(bot_id, rand_id)
-
-        req = urllib.request.Request(api_url, urllib.parse.urlencode({
-            "c": exc,  # contents
-            "s": 86400 # expiry (seconds)
-        }).encode("utf-8", "replace"))
-
-        req.add_header("Accept", "application/json")
-        resp = urllib.request.urlopen(req)
-        data = json.loads(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
-        url = data["url"] + "/pytb"
-    except Exception:
-        # Exception is already printed before calling this function, don't print twice
-        context.send(msg + " (Unable to pastebin traceback; please check the console.)", prefix=prefix)
-    else:
-        context.send(" ".join((msg, url)), prefix=prefix)
-
 class InvalidModeException(Exception): pass
 
 # vim: set sw=4 expandtab: