diff --git a/dyn/mm/errors.py b/dyn/mm/errors.py
index 7491992..edd2510 100644
--- a/dyn/mm/errors.py
+++ b/dyn/mm/errors.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 __author__ = 'jnappi'
 
 
-class EmailError(BaseException):
+class EmailError(Exception):
     """Base Dynect Error class"""
     def __init__(self, reason):
         """Create the error message based on the response in the raw JSON
diff --git a/dyn/tm/errors.py b/dyn/tm/errors.py
index fb8406d..718f740 100644
--- a/dyn/tm/errors.py
+++ b/dyn/tm/errors.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 __author__ = 'jnappi'
 
 
-class DynectError(BaseException):
+class DynectError(Exception):
     """Base Dynect Error class"""
     def __init__(self, json_response_messages, api_type=None):
         """Create the error message based on the response in the raw JSON