diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
index da437bf7..36b780d6 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/limelight/nvstream/http/NvHTTP.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ public class NvHTTP {
             throw new FileNotFoundException(url);
         }
         else {
-            throw new IOException("HTTP request failed: "+response.code());
+            throw new GfeHttpResponseException(response.code(), response.message());
         }
     }