diff --git a/storjcore/sanitize.py b/storjcore/sanitize.py
index 03e479c..0ec6497 100644
--- a/storjcore/sanitize.py
+++ b/storjcore/sanitize.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from btctxstore import BtcTxStore
 
 
-class ValidationError(Exception):
+class ValidationError(ValueError):
     pass
 
 
diff --git a/storjcore/version.py b/storjcore/version.py
index 8701044..c19036c 100644
--- a/storjcore/version.py
+++ b/storjcore/version.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # 1) we don't load dependencies by storing it in __init__.py
 # 2) we can import it in setup.py for the same reason
 # 3) we can import it into your module module
-__version__ = '0.0.2'
+__version__ = '0.0.3'