diff --git a/lib/winston/logger.js b/lib/winston/logger.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 58a64c221..80c130e78
--- a/lib/winston/logger.js
+++ b/lib/winston/logger.js
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ Logger.prototype.unhandleExceptions = function () {
 
   if (this.catchExceptions) {
     Object.keys(this.exceptionHandlers).forEach(function (name) {
+      var handler = self.exceptionHandlers[name];
       if (handler.close) {
         handler.close();
       }
diff --git a/test/logger-test.js b/test/logger-test.js
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 0074f2038..ad8d28741
--- a/test/logger-test.js
+++ b/test/logger-test.js
@@ -197,4 +197,20 @@ vows.describe('winton/logger').addBatch({
       }
     }
   }
+}).addBatch({
+  "The winston logger": {
+    topic: new (winston.Logger)({
+      exceptionHandlers: [
+        new (winston.transports.Console)(),
+        new (winston.transports.File)({ filename: path.join(__dirname, 'fixtures', 'logs', 'filelog.log' )})
+      ]
+    }),
+    "the unhandleExceptions() method": {
+      "should remove all transports": function (logger) {
+        assert.equal(helpers.size(logger.exceptionHandlers), 2);
+        logger.unhandleExceptions();
+        assert.equal(helpers.size(logger.exceptionHandlers), 0);
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }).export(module);