diff --git a/indicoio/utils/__init__.py b/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
index fefa922..657a2e6 100644
--- a/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/indicoio/utils/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import inspect, json, getpass, os.path, base64, StringIO, re, warnings
 import requests
 from PIL import Image
 
+from indicoio.utils.errors import IndicoError
 from indicoio import JSON_HEADERS
 from indicoio import config
 
@@ -29,13 +30,13 @@ def api_handler(arg, cloud, api, url_params = {"batch":False, "api_key":None}, *
 
     response = requests.post(url, data=json_data, headers=JSON_HEADERS)
     if response.status_code == 503 and cloud != None:
-        raise Exception("Private cloud '%s' does not include api '%s'" % (cloud, api))
+        raise IndicoError("Private cloud '%s' does not include api '%s'" % (cloud, api))
 
     json_results = response.json()
     results = json_results.get('results', False)
     if results is False:
         error = json_results.get('error')
-        raise ValueError(error)
+        raise IndicoError(error)
     return results
 
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ def image_preprocess(image, size=(48,48), batch=False):
         elif B64_PATTERN.match(b64_str) is not None:
             return b64_str
         else:
-            raise ValueError("Snose tring provided must be a valid filepath or base64 encoded string")
+            raise IndicoError("Snose tring provided must be a valid filepath or base64 encoded string")
 
     elif isinstance(image, list): # image passed in is a list and not np.array
         warnings.warn(
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ def image_preprocess(image, size=(48,48), batch=False):
     elif type(image).__name__ == "ndarray": # image is from numpy/scipy
         out_image = Image.fromarray(image)
     else:
-        raise ValueError("Image must be a filepath, base64 encoded string, or a numpy array")
+        raise IndicoError("Image must be a filepath, base64 encoded string, or a numpy array")
 
     # image resizing
     outImage = outImage.resize(size)
diff --git a/indicoio/utils/errors.py b/indicoio/utils/errors.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7d0d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indicoio/utils/errors.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class IndicoError(ValueError):
+    pass
diff --git a/indicoio/utils/multi.py b/indicoio/utils/multi.py
index e8f033f..b60c624 100644
--- a/indicoio/utils/multi.py
+++ b/indicoio/utils/multi.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from indicoio.config import TEXT_APIS, IMAGE_APIS, API_NAMES
+from indicoio.utils.errors import IndicoError
 from indicoio.utils import api_handler
 
 
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ def multi(data, type, apis, available, batch=False, **kwargs):
     # Client side api name checking - strictly only accept func name api
     invalid_apis = [api for api in apis if api not in available]
     if invalid_apis:
-        raise ValueError("%s are not valid %s APIs. Please reference the available APIs below:\n%s"
+        raise IndicoError("%s are not valid %s APIs. Please reference the available APIs below:\n%s"
                             % (", ".join(invalid_apis), type, ", ".join(available))
                         )
     # Convert client api names to server names before sending request
@@ -31,15 +32,9 @@ def multi(data, type, apis, available, batch=False, **kwargs):
     return handle_response(result)
 
 def handle_response(result):
-    try:
-        # Parse out the results to a dicionary of api: result
-        return dict((SERVER_CLIENT_MAP[api], parsed_response(res))
-            for api, res in result.iteritems())
-    except KeyError:
-        for api in result:
-            if "error" in result[api]:
-                raise ValueError(result[api]["error"])
-        raise Exception("Sorry, %s API returned an unexpected response:\n%s" % (api, result[api]))
+    # Parse out the results to a dicionary of api: result
+    return dict((SERVER_CLIENT_MAP[api], parsed_response(res))
+        for api, res in result.iteritems())
 
 
 def predict_text(input_text, apis=TEXT_APIS, cloud=None, batch=False, api_key=None, **kwargs):
@@ -110,8 +105,11 @@ def predict_image(image, apis=IMAGE_APIS, cloud=None, batch=False, api_key=None,
         apis=apis,
         **kwargs)
 
-def parsed_response(response):
-    result = response.get('results') or response.get('error', False)
+def parsed_response(api, response):
+    result = response.get('results', False)
     if result:
         return result
-    raise KeyError
+    raise IndicoError(
+        "Sorry, the %s API returned an unexpected response.\n\t%s"
+        % (api, response.get('error', ""))
+    )
diff --git a/tests/test_remote.py b/tests/test_remote.py
index 2d8c9b7..7ef7a58 100644
--- a/tests/test_remote.py
+++ b/tests/test_remote.py
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ class BatchAPIRun(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(response, dict))
         self.assertTrue(set(response.keys()) == set(config.IMAGE_APIS))
-        self.assertTrue("results" in response["fer"])
 
 
     def test_batch_multi_api_text(self):
@@ -143,7 +142,6 @@ class BatchAPIRun(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertTrue(isinstance(response, dict))
         self.assertTrue(set(response.keys()) == set(config.TEXT_APIS))
-        self.assertTrue("results" in response["sentiment"])
 
     def test_default_multi_api_text(self):
         test_data = ['clearly an english sentence']