diff --git a/pyfpdb/Exceptions.py b/pyfpdb/Exceptions.py
index 8259a484..0b7e5691 100644
--- a/pyfpdb/Exceptions.py
+++ b/pyfpdb/Exceptions.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-class FpdbParseError(Exception): 
+class FPDBError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+class FpdbParseError(FPDBError): 
     def __init__(self,hid=None):
         self.hid = hid