diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/BaseVolumeSampler.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/BaseVolumeSampler.inl
index 1e67a020..aabf0287 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/BaseVolumeSampler.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/BaseVolumeSampler.inl
@@ -374,8 +374,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 				}
 				default:
 				{
-					//Should never happen
-					POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
+					//Should never happen. We don't log because this hurts performance (preventing inlining?).
+					POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
index 847ae008..5080f7db 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Impl/ErrorHandling.h
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	#define POLYVOX_THROW(type, message) \
 		PolyVox::logError() << (message); \
 		throw type((message))
+
+	// Some fast functions (getVoxel(), etc) use exceptions for error handling but don't want the overhead of logging.
+	// This overhead is present even if no exception is thrown, probably because the presence of the logging code prevents
+	// some inlining. Therefore we provide this macro which doesn't log for such specialised circumstances.
+	#define POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(type, message) \
+		throw type((message))
 #else
 	namespace PolyVox
 	{
@@ -271,6 +277,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		PolyVox::logError() << (message); \
 		type except = (type)((message)); \
 		getThrowHandler()((except), __FILE__, __LINE__)
+
+	// Some fast functions (getVoxel(), etc) use exceptions for error handling but don't want the overhead of logging.
+	// This overhead is present even if no exception is thrown, probably because the presence of the logging code prevents
+	// some inlining. Therefore we provide this macro which doesn't log for such specialised circumstances.
+	#define POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(type, message) \
+		type except = (type)((message)); \
+		getThrowHandler()((except), __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #endif
 
 namespace PolyVox
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
index 0bc880ef..a0c778f6 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/LargeVolume.inl
@@ -241,8 +241,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			}
 			default:
 			{
-				//Should never happen
-				POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
+				//Should never happen. We don't log because this hurts performance (preventing inlining?).
+				POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/RawVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/RawVolume.inl
index 39e51690..5614650d 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/RawVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/RawVolume.inl
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			}
 			default:
 			{
-				//Should never happen
-				POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
+				//Should never happen. We don't log because this hurts performance (preventing inlining?).
+				POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
index b17bf517..7f5ff9d6 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/SimpleVolume.inl
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			}
 			default:
 			{
-				//Should never happen
-				POLYVOX_THROW(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
+				//Should never happen. We don't log because this hurts performance (preventing inlining?).
+				POLYVOX_THROW_DONT_LOG(std::invalid_argument, "Wrap mode parameter has an unrecognised value.");
 			}
 		}
 	}