diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Builder.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Builder.java
index 6047f230e230a..4fe8de2011e5c 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Builder.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Builder.java
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@
 
 public interface Builder {
 
-    public abstract <T> T build(String profile, Class<T> service, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception;
+    public abstract <T> T build(String profile, Class<T> service, Map<String, Object> properties);
 
     public interface Factory<T> {
-        T create(String profile, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception;
+        T create(String profile, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties);
     }
 
     public interface Alteration<T> {
-        T alter(T instance, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception;
+        T alter(T instance, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties);
     }
 
     public interface Registry {
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Configuration.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Configuration.java
index b0770ccf96b8c..323a0c6f44d8a 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Configuration.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/Configuration.java
@@ -32,15 +32,7 @@ public Configuration(Builder builder) {
     }
 
     private void init() {
-        //		DefaultClientConfig clientConfig = new DefaultClientConfig();
-        //		clientConfig.getFeatures().put(JSONConfiguration.FEATURE_POJO_MAPPING, true);
-        try {
-            setProperty("ClientConfig", builder.build("", ClientConfig.class, properties));
-        }
-        catch (Exception e) {
-            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        }
+        setProperty("ClientConfig", builder.build("", ClientConfig.class, properties));
     }
 
     public static Configuration getInstance() {
@@ -63,7 +55,8 @@ public static void setInstance(Configuration instance) {
     public static Configuration load() throws IOException {
         Configuration config = new Configuration();
 
-        InputStream stream = Configuration.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("META-INF/com.microsoft.windowsazure.properties");
+        InputStream stream = Configuration.class.getClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(
+                "META-INF/com.microsoft.windowsazure.properties");
         if (stream != null) {
             Properties properties = new Properties();
             properties.load(stream);
@@ -75,11 +68,11 @@ public static Configuration load() throws IOException {
         return config;
     }
 
-    public <T> T create(Class<T> service) throws Exception {
+    public <T> T create(Class<T> service) {
         return builder.build("", service, properties);
     }
 
-    public <T> T create(String profile, Class<T> service) throws Exception {
+    public <T> T create(String profile, Class<T> service) {
         return builder.build(profile, service, properties);
     }
 
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/ConfigurationException.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/ConfigurationException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b21d4b5147ad6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/ConfigurationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package com.microsoft.windowsazure.common;
+
+public class ConfigurationException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -5570476914992165380L;
+
+    public ConfigurationException() {
+    }
+
+    public ConfigurationException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public ConfigurationException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+    public ConfigurationException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/DefaultBuilder.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/DefaultBuilder.java
index 74eef8182403f..5d65f4f8170a3 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/DefaultBuilder.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/common/DefaultBuilder.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -13,7 +14,6 @@
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
-
 public class DefaultBuilder implements Builder, Builder.Registry {
     Map<Class<?>, Factory<?>> factories;
     Map<Class<?>, List<Alteration<?>>> alterations;
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ Constructor<?> findInjectConstructor(Class<?> implementation) {
         for (Constructor<?> ctor : implementation.getConstructors()) {
             if (ctor.getAnnotation(Inject.class) != null) {
                 if (withInject != null) {
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Class must not have multple @Inject annotations: " + implementation.getName());
+                    throw new RuntimeException("Class must not have multple @Inject annotations: "
+                            + implementation.getName());
                 }
                 withInject = ctor;
             }
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ Constructor<?> findInjectConstructor(Class<?> implementation) {
             return withInject;
         }
         if (count != 1) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Class without @Inject annotation must have one constructor: " + implementation.getName());
+            throw new RuntimeException("Class without @Inject annotation must have one constructor: "
+                    + implementation.getName());
         }
         return withoutInject;
     }
@@ -75,7 +77,7 @@ public <T, TImpl> Builder.Registry add(Class<T> service, final Class<TImpl> impl
 
         addFactory(service, new Builder.Factory<T>() {
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-            public T create(String profile, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception {
+            public T create(String profile, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) {
                 Object[] initargs = new Object[parameterTypes.length];
                 for (int i = 0; i != parameterTypes.length; ++i) {
 
@@ -106,7 +108,18 @@ public T create(String profile, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties)
                     }
                 }
 
-                return (T) ctor.newInstance(initargs);
+                try {
+                    return (T) ctor.newInstance(initargs);
+                }
+                catch (InstantiationException e) {
+                    throw new ConfigurationException(e);
+                }
+                catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+                    throw new ConfigurationException(e);
+                }
+                catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+                    throw new ConfigurationException(e);
+                }
             }
         });
         return this;
@@ -143,7 +156,7 @@ public <T> Registry add(Factory<T> factory) {
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-    public <T> T build(String profile, Class<T> service, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception {
+    public <T> T build(String profile, Class<T> service, Map<String, Object> properties) {
         Factory<T> factory = (Factory<T>) factories.get(service);
         if (factory == null) {
             throw new RuntimeException("Service or property not registered: " + profile + " " + service.getName());
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/serviceBus/Exports.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/serviceBus/Exports.java
index 679a7d324b7a1..c94c8f68af704 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/serviceBus/Exports.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/main/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/services/serviceBus/Exports.java
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@ public void register(Builder.Registry registry) {
         // alter jersey client config for serviceBus
         registry.alter(ClientConfig.class, new Builder.Alteration<ClientConfig>() {
 
-            public ClientConfig alter(ClientConfig instance, Builder builder,
-                    Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception {
+            public ClientConfig alter(ClientConfig instance, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) {
 
                 // enable this feature for unattributed json object serialization
                 instance.getProperties().put(JSONConfiguration.FEATURE_POJO_MAPPING, true);
diff --git a/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/configuration/builder/AlterClassWithProperties.java b/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/configuration/builder/AlterClassWithProperties.java
index 8c847bfbc5c31..5a85851c8308d 100644
--- a/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/configuration/builder/AlterClassWithProperties.java
+++ b/microsoft-azure-api/src/test/java/com/microsoft/windowsazure/configuration/builder/AlterClassWithProperties.java
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 public class AlterClassWithProperties implements Builder.Alteration<ClassWithProperties> {
 
-    public ClassWithProperties alter(ClassWithProperties instance,
-            Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) throws Exception {
+    public ClassWithProperties alter(ClassWithProperties instance, Builder builder, Map<String, Object> properties) {
         instance.setFoo(instance.getFoo() + " - changed");
         return instance;
     }