diff --git a/src/Civicrm.php b/src/Civicrm.php
index 9034f9a..678ba86 100644
--- a/src/Civicrm.php
+++ b/src/Civicrm.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace Drupal\civicrm;
 
+use Drupal\civicrm\Exception\CiviCRMConfigException;
 use Drupal\Core\Config\ConfigException;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
 
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ public function initialize() {
     $output = include_once $settingsFile;
     if ($output == FALSE) {
       $msg = t("The CiviCRM settings file (civicrm.settings.php) was not found in the expected location: %location", ['%location' => $settingsFile]) . ' ' . $errorMsgAdd;
-      throw new ConfigException($msg);
+      throw new CiviCRMConfigException($msg);
     }
 
     // This does pretty much all of the civicrm initialization.
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ public function initialize() {
       $msg = t("The path for including CiviCRM code files is not set properly. Most likely there is an error in the <em>civicrm_root</em> setting in your CiviCRM settings file (!1).",
           ['!1' => $settingsFile]
         ) . t("civicrm_root is currently set to: <em>!1</em>.", ['!1' => $civicrm_root]) . $errorMsgAdd;
-      throw new ConfigException($msg);
+      throw new CiviCRMConfigException($msg);
     }
 
     // Initialize the system by creating a config object.
diff --git a/src/Exception/CiviCRMConfigException.php b/src/Exception/CiviCRMConfigException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1805a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Exception/CiviCRMConfigException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\civicrm\Exception;
+
+/**
+ * Class CiviCRMConfigException.
+ */
+class CiviCRMConfigException extends \Exception {
+
+}