diff --git a/containers/choc_Value.h b/containers/choc_Value.h
index ed66604..82abf4b 100644
--- a/containers/choc_Value.h
+++ b/containers/choc_Value.h
@@ -2323,7 +2323,7 @@ inline std::string_view ValueView::getString() const
     // from this function
     if (stringDictionary == nullptr)
         throwError ("No string dictionary supplied");
-        
+
     return stringDictionary->getStringForHandle (getStringHandle());
 }
 
@@ -2430,43 +2430,41 @@ void ValueView::serialise (OutputStream& output) const
     if (type.isVoid())
         return;
 
-     auto dataSize = type.getValueDataSize();
-     check (dataSize > 0, "Invalid data size");
-
-     if (stringDictionary == nullptr || ! type.usesStrings())
-     {
-         output.write (data, dataSize);
-         return;
-     }
-
-     uint8_t* localCopy = nullptr;
+    auto dataSize = type.getValueDataSize();
+    check (dataSize > 0, "Invalid data size");
 
-    #if _MSC_VER
+    if (stringDictionary == nullptr || ! type.usesStrings())
+    {
+        output.write (data, dataSize);
+        return;
+    }
 
-     #ifdef __clang__
-      #pragma clang diagnostic push
-      #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wlanguage-extension-token"
-     #endif
+    uint8_t* localCopy = nullptr;
 
-     __try
-     {
-         localCopy = (uint8_t*) _alloca (dataSize);
-     }
-     __except (GetExceptionCode() == STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW)
-     {
-         throwError ("Stack overflow");
-     }
+   #if _MSC_VER
+    #ifdef __clang__
+     #pragma clang diagnostic push
+     #pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Wlanguage-extension-token"
+    #endif
 
-     #ifdef __clang__
-      #pragma clang diagnostic pop
-     #endif
+    __try
+    {
+        localCopy = (uint8_t*) _alloca (dataSize);
+    }
+    __except (1)
+    {
+        throwError ("Stack overflow");
+    }
 
-    #else
-     localCopy = (uint8_t*) alloca (dataSize);
+    #ifdef __clang__
+     #pragma clang diagnostic pop
     #endif
+   #else
+    localCopy = (uint8_t*) alloca (dataSize);
+   #endif
 
-     check (localCopy != nullptr, "Stack allocation failed");
-     std::memcpy (localCopy, data, dataSize);
+    check (localCopy != nullptr, "Stack allocation failed");
+    std::memcpy (localCopy, data, dataSize);
 
     static constexpr uint32_t maxStrings = 128;
     uint32_t numStrings = 0, stringDataSize = 0;