diff --git a/src/errors/error-codes.js b/src/errors/error-codes.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1491606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/errors/error-codes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export default {
+  XML_PARSING_ERROR: 100,
+  VAST_SCHEMA_VALIDATION_ERROR: 101
+}
diff --git a/src/errors/error-handler.js b/src/errors/error-handler.js
index 84527eb..5429651 100644
--- a/src/errors/error-handler.js
+++ b/src/errors/error-handler.js
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
+import Errors from './error-codes'
 import VASTParserError from './vast-parser-error'
-
 export default class ErrorHandler {
   constructor (strict) {
     this._strictMode = strict
   }
 
-  fail (error, errorCode = 101) {
+  failWithErrorCode (error, errorCode) {
     if (error instanceof VASTParserError) {
       throw error
     }
     throw new VASTParserError(error instanceof Error ? error.message : error, errorCode)
   }
 
-  tryRecover (error, errorCode = 101) {
+  fail (error) {
+    this.failWithErrorCode(error, Errors.VAST_SCHEMA_VALIDATION_ERROR)
+  }
+
+  tryRecover (error) {
     if (this._strictMode) {
-      this.fail(error, errorCode)
+      this.fail(error)
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/parse.js b/src/parse.js
index 0dcff89..b864b63 100644
--- a/src/parse.js
+++ b/src/parse.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Unmarshaler from './xml/unmarshaler'
 import schema from './vast/schema'
 import createVAST from './factory/vast'
+import Errors from './errors/error-codes'
 import ErrorHandler from './errors/error-handler'
 
 const DEFAULT_OPTIONS = {
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ const toElement = (xml, options) => {
     xml = xml.documentElement
   }
   if (xml.getElementsByTagName('parsererror').length > 0) {
-    options.errorHandler.fail('XML parsing error', 100)
+    options.errorHandler.failWithErrorCode('XML parsing error', Errors.XML_PARSING_ERROR)
   }
   return xml
 }