@@ 5,6 5,7 @@ import Foreign.C.String (CString, withCString)
 
 import Control.Monad (forM)
 import Control.Exception (bracket)
+import Graphics.Text.Font.Choose.Result (throwFalse, throwNull)
 
 type ObjectSet = [String]
 
@@ 16,12 17,13 @@ type ObjectSet_ = Ptr ObjectSet'
 
 withObjectSet :: ObjectSet -> (ObjectSet_ -> IO a) -> IO a
 withObjectSet objs cb = withNewObjectSet $ \objs' -> do
-    forM objs $ \obj -> withCString obj $ fcObjectSetAdd objs'
+    forM objs $ \obj -> withCString obj $ \obj' ->
+        throwFalse <$> fcObjectSetAdd objs' obj'
     cb objs'
 foreign import ccall "FcObjectSetAdd" fcObjectSetAdd ::
     ObjectSet_ -> CString -> IO Bool
 
 withNewObjectSet :: (ObjectSet_ -> IO a) -> IO a
-withNewObjectSet cb = bracket fcObjectSetCreate fcObjectSetDestroy cb
+withNewObjectSet = bracket (throwNull <$> fcObjectSetCreate) fcObjectSetDestroy
 foreign import ccall "FcObjectSetCreate" fcObjectSetCreate :: IO ObjectSet_
 foreign import ccall "FcObjectSetDestroy" fcObjectSetDestroy :: ObjectSet_ -> IO ()