diff --git a/lib/ansible_tower_client/exception.rb b/lib/ansible_tower_client/exception.rb
index 9c02610..732b248 100644
--- a/lib/ansible_tower_client/exception.rb
+++ b/lib/ansible_tower_client/exception.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 module AnsibleTowerClient
-  class Error         < Exception; end
+  class Error         < StandardError; end
   class ClientError   < Error; end
   class NoMethodError < Error; end