diff --git a/deepomatic/api/exceptions.py b/deepomatic/api/exceptions.py
index 7587ee9..dc1ef71 100644
--- a/deepomatic/api/exceptions.py
+++ b/deepomatic/api/exceptions.py
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ def __init__(self):
 ###############################################################################
 
 class BadStatus(DeepomaticException):
+    """
+    Thrown when HTTP response status_code < 200 or status_code >= 300.
+    """
     def __init__(self, response):
         self.response = response
 
@@ -68,6 +71,22 @@ def __str__(self):
         return "Bad status code %s with body %s" % (self.response.status_code, self.response.content)
 
 
+class ClientError(BadStatus):
+    """
+    Thrown when HTTP response status_code is a 4xx.
+    The client sent a bad request.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class ServerError(BadStatus):
+    """
+    Thrown when HTTP response status_code is a 5xx.
+    The request seems to be valid but the server couldn't handle it for some reason.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 class TaskError(DeepomaticException):
diff --git a/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py b/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
index 02dd1b8..817e6bf 100644
--- a/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
+++ b/deepomatic/api/http_helper.py
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
 import sys
 
 import requests
-from deepomatic.api.exceptions import BadStatus, DeepomaticException
+from deepomatic.api.exceptions import (BadStatus, ServerError,
+                                       ClientError, DeepomaticException)
 from deepomatic.api.http_retry import HTTPRetry
 from deepomatic.api.version import __title__, __version__
 from requests.structures import CaseInsensitiveDict
@@ -256,11 +257,17 @@ def make_request(self, func, resource, params=None, data=None,
         for file in opened_files:
             file.close()
 
-        if response.status_code == 204:  # delete
+        status_code = response.status_code
+        if status_code == 204:  # delete
             return None
 
-        if response.status_code < 200 or response.status_code >= 300:
-            raise BadStatus(response)
+        if status_code < 200 or status_code >= 300:
+            if status_code >= 400 and status_code < 500:
+                raise ClientError(response)
+            elif status_code >= 500 and status_code < 600:
+                raise ServerError(response)
+            else:
+                raise BadStatus(response)
 
         if stream:
             # we asked for a stream, we let the user download it as he wants or it will load everything in RAM
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index e58e24d..7931691 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 import requests
 import six
 from deepomatic.api.client import Client
-from deepomatic.api.exceptions import BadStatus, TaskTimeout, HTTPRetryError, TaskRetryError
+from deepomatic.api.exceptions import ServerError, ClientError, TaskTimeout, HTTPRetryError, TaskRetryError
 from deepomatic.api.http_retry import HTTPRetry
 from deepomatic.api.inputs import ImageInput
 from deepomatic.api.version import __title__, __version__
@@ -299,6 +299,14 @@ def test_batch_wait(self, client):
             assert(tasks[pos].pk == success.pk)
             assert inference_schema(2, 0, 'golden retriever', 0.8) == success['data']
 
+    def test_client_error(self, client):
+        spec = client.RecognitionSpec.retrieve('imagenet-inception-v3')
+        with pytest.raises(ClientError) as exc:
+            spec.inference(inputs=[])
+
+        assert 400 == exc.value.status_code
+        assert 'error' in exc.value.json()
+
 
 class TestClientRetry(object):
     DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 2
@@ -355,12 +363,12 @@ def test_no_retry_create_network(self):
         client = self.get_client_with_retry()
         # Creating network doesn't retry, we directly get a 502
         t = time.time()
-        with pytest.raises(BadStatus) as exc:
+        with pytest.raises(ServerError) as exc:
             client.Network.create(name="My first network",
                                   framework='tensorflow-1.x',
                                   preprocessing=["useless"],
                                   files=["useless"])
-            assert 502 == exc.status_code
+        assert 502 == exc.value.status_code
         assert time.time() - t < 0.3
 
     def test_retry_task_with_http_errors(self):