diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index c3e8e4a..d805f56 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     },
     "type": "library",
     "require": {
-        "pear/console_getopt": "~1.3",
+        "pear/console_getopt": "~1.4",
         "pear/pear_exception": "~1.0"
     },
     "replace": {
diff --git a/src/PEAR.php b/src/PEAR.php
index 9914a7f..b6bb191 100644
--- a/src/PEAR.php
+++ b/src/PEAR.php
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ function _checkDelExpect($error_code)
     }
 
     /**
-     * This method deletes all occurences of the specified element from
+     * This method deletes all occurrences of the specified element from
      * the expected error codes stack.
      *
      * @param  mixed $error_code error code that should be deleted
@@ -914,7 +914,8 @@ function __construct($message = 'unknown error', $code = null,
             } else {
                 $format = $options;
             }
-            die(sprintf($format, $msg));
+            printf($format, $msg);
+            exit($code);
         }
 
         if ($this->mode & PEAR_ERROR_CALLBACK && is_callable($this->callback)) {
diff --git a/src/System.php b/src/System.php
index a61df2d..89c53e3 100644
--- a/src/System.php
+++ b/src/System.php
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 $GLOBALS['_System_temp_files'] = array();
 
 /**
-* System offers cross plattform compatible system functions
+* System offers cross platform compatible system functions
 *
 * Static functions for different operations. Should work under
 * Unix and Windows. The names and usage has been taken from its respectively
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ public static function which($program, $fallback = false)
      * System::find("$dir -name *.php -name *.htm*");
      * System::find("$dir -maxdepth 1");
      *
-     * Params implmented:
+     * Params implemented:
      * $dir            -> Start the search at this directory
      * -type d         -> return only directories
      * -type f         -> return only files