diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5546d15..2b1a982 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 # Editors
 .vscode
+.idea
 
 # Testing, code coverage, and linting
 .nyc_output
diff --git a/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-main.js b/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-main.js
index 19b852c..50f347a 100644
--- a/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-main.js
+++ b/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-main.js
@@ -151,7 +151,22 @@ ipcMain.handle('cdv-plugin-exec', async (_, serviceName, action, ...args) => {
         const plugin = require(cordova.services[serviceName]);
 
         return plugin[action]
-            ? plugin[action](args)
+            ? new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+                // Added a success and error function as second and third argument, in order to allow to pass to the error callback a copy of the error argument. This was not possible if this function returns a rejected promise: see https://github.com/electron/electron/issues/24427
+                const legacyresult = plugin[action](args, (result) => {
+                    resolve({ success: true, result: result });
+                }, (error) => {
+                    resolve({ success: false, result: error });
+                });
+
+                // For backward compatibility with cordova-electron 3.x, if plugin[action] returns (or fulfills the returned promise) before calling one of the two functions passed as arguments, it works as in previous cordova-electron versions
+                Promise.resolve(legacyresult)
+                    .then((legacyresult) => {
+                        resolve({ success: true, result: legacyresult });
+                    }, (legacyerror) => {
+                        reject(legacyerror);
+                    });
+            })
             : Promise.reject(new Error(`The action "${action}" for the requested plugin service "${serviceName}" does not exist.`));
     } else {
         return Promise.reject(new Error(`The requested plugin service "${serviceName}" does not exist have native support.`));
diff --git a/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-preload.js b/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-preload.js
index ac00ab2..e1c9fd1 100644
--- a/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-preload.js
+++ b/bin/templates/platform_www/cdv-electron-preload.js
@@ -24,8 +24,16 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('_cdvElectronIpc', {
     exec: (success, error, serviceName, action, args) => {
         return ipcRenderer.invoke('cdv-plugin-exec', serviceName, action, args)
             .then(
-                success,
-                error
+                (response) => {
+                    if (response.success) {
+                        (typeof success === 'function') && success(response.result);
+                    } else {
+                        (typeof error === 'function') && error(response.result);
+                    }
+                },
+                (e) => {
+                    (typeof error === 'function') && error(e);
+                }
             );
     },
 
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1da225f..8773a33 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-electron",
-  "version": "3.1.0",
+  "version": "3.2.0-dev",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "cordova-electron",
-      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "version": "3.2.0-dev",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
         "cordova-common": "^4.0.2",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f9c9f03..88a7a13 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "cordova-electron",
-  "version": "3.1.0",
+  "version": "3.2.0-dev",
   "description": "electron apps as a target for cordova developers",
   "main": "lib/Api.js",
   "repository": "github:apache/cordova-electron",