diff --git a/libs/remix-debug/src/debugger/VmDebugger.js b/libs/remix-debug/src/debugger/VmDebugger.js
index e3d24e04a5..2536e3cd28 100644
--- a/libs/remix-debug/src/debugger/VmDebugger.js
+++ b/libs/remix-debug/src/debugger/VmDebugger.js
@@ -113,9 +113,12 @@ class VmDebuggerLogic {
       } catch (error) {
       }
 
-      this._traceManager.getCurrentStep(index, (error, step) => {
-        this.event.trigger('traceCurrentStepUpdate', [error, step])
-      })
+      try {
+        const step = this._traceManager.getCurrentStep(index)
+        this.event.trigger('traceCurrentStepUpdate', [null, step])
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.event.trigger('traceCurrentStepUpdate', [error])
+      }
 
       try {
         const addmem = this._traceManager.getMemExpand(index)
diff --git a/libs/remix-lib/src/trace/traceManager.js b/libs/remix-lib/src/trace/traceManager.js
index 6ef9c8d9af..92fe652523 100644
--- a/libs/remix-lib/src/trace/traceManager.js
+++ b/libs/remix-lib/src/trace/traceManager.js
@@ -200,13 +200,13 @@ TraceManager.prototype.getReturnValue = function (stepIndex) {
   return this.traceCache.returnValues[stepIndex]
 }
 
-TraceManager.prototype.getCurrentStep = function (stepIndex, callback) {
+TraceManager.prototype.getCurrentStep = function (stepIndex) {
   try {
     this.checkRequestedStep(stepIndex)
   } catch (check) {
-    return callback(check, null)
+    throw new Error(check)
   }
-  callback(null, this.traceCache.steps[stepIndex])
+  return this.traceCache.steps[stepIndex]
 }
 
 TraceManager.prototype.getMemExpand = function (stepIndex) {
diff --git a/libs/remix-lib/test/traceManager.js b/libs/remix-lib/test/traceManager.js
index a632125cae..83f12b31d6 100644
--- a/libs/remix-lib/test/traceManager.js
+++ b/libs/remix-lib/test/traceManager.js
@@ -209,15 +209,14 @@ tape('TraceManager', function (t) {
   })
 
   t.test('TraceManager.getCurrentStep', function (st) {
-    traceManager.getCurrentStep(66, function (error, result) {
+    try {
+      const result = traceManager.getCurrentStep(66)
       console.log(result)
-      if (error) {
-        st.fail(error)
-      } else {
-        st.ok(result === 2)
-        st.end()
-      }
-    })
+      st.ok(result === 2)
+      st.end()
+    } catch (error) {
+      st.fail(error)
+    }
   })
 
   t.test('TraceManager.getMemExpand', function (st) {