diff --git a/api/external_api.php b/api/external_api.php
index adca8eb..a57bbca 100644
--- a/api/external_api.php
+++ b/api/external_api.php
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class external_api extends cora\api {
           $this->log_mysql($curl_response);
         }
 
-        throw new Exception('Could not connect to ' . $this->resource . '.');
+        throw new cora\exception('Could not connect to ' . $this->resource . '.', 10600, false);
       }
 
       // General (success) logging