diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/extract/ExtractArchive.java b/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/extract/ExtractArchive.java
index bb83d8ed3..4cf88ea7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/extract/ExtractArchive.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/extract/ExtractArchive.java
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 
@@ -25,14 +27,16 @@ public void setLogger(Log logger) {
 		this.logger = logger;
 	}
 	
-	public void extractArchive(File archive, File destination) {
+	public void extractArchive(File archive, File destination) throws RarException, IOException {
 		Archive arch = null;
 		try {
 			arch = new Archive(archive);
 		} catch (RarException e) {
 			logError(e);
+			throw e;
 		} catch (IOException e1) {
 			logError(e1);
+			throw e1;
 		}
 		if (arch != null) {
 			if (arch.isEncrypted()) {
@@ -63,8 +67,10 @@ public void extractArchive(File archive, File destination) {
 						}
 					} catch (IOException e) {
 						logError(e, "error extracting the file");
+						throw e;
 					} catch (RarException e) {
 						logError(e,"error extraction the file");
+						throw e;
 					}
 				}
 			}finally {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/testutil/ExtractArchive.java b/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/testutil/ExtractArchive.java
index 61f5ff5ca..fa7c91cb5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/testutil/ExtractArchive.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/github/junrar/testutil/ExtractArchive.java
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package com.github.junrar.testutil;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 
+import com.github.junrar.exception.RarException;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
 /**
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 public class ExtractArchive {
 
-	public static void main(String[] args) {
+	public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, RarException {
 		if (args.length == 2) {
 			extractArchive(args[0], args[1]);
 		} else {
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public static void extractArchive(String archive, String destination) {
+	public static void extractArchive(String archive, String destination) throws IOException, RarException {
 		if (archive == null || destination == null) {
 			throw new RuntimeException("archive and destination must me set");
 		}
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ public static void extractArchive(String archive, String destination) {
 		ExtractArchive.extractArchive(arch, dest);
 	}
 	
-	public static void extractArchive(File archive, File destination){
+	public static void extractArchive(File archive, File destination) throws IOException, RarException {
 		com.github.junrar.extract.ExtractArchive extractArchive = new com.github.junrar.extract.ExtractArchive();
 		extractArchive.setLogger(LogFactory.getLog(ExtractArchive.class.getName()));
 		extractArchive.extractArchive(archive, destination);
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/github/junrar/testUtil/JUnRarTestUtil.java b/src/test/java/com/github/junrar/testUtil/JUnRarTestUtil.java
index e914fe345..6a2b6cf91 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/github/junrar/testUtil/JUnRarTestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/github/junrar/testUtil/JUnRarTestUtil.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public static void setupFunctionalTests() throws IOException{
 	}
 	
 	@Test
-	public void unrarFile_FileContentsShouldMatchExpected() throws IOException{
+	public void unrarFile_FileContentsShouldMatchExpected() throws IOException, RarException {
 		InputStream resourceAsStream = JUnRarTestUtil.class.getResourceAsStream("test.rar");
 		File testRar = new File(tempFolder,"test.rar");
         FileUtils.writeByteArrayToFile(testRar, IOUtils.toByteArray(resourceAsStream));