diff --git a/lib/paysonapi.php b/lib/paysonapi.php
index 462ce58..4af9b1c 100644
--- a/lib/paysonapi.php
+++ b/lib/paysonapi.php
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ private function doCurlRequest($url, $credentials, $postData) {
         $result = curl_exec($ch);
 
         if ($result === false) {
-            die('Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch));
+            throw new PaysonApi_Exception('Curl error: ' . curl_error($ch));
         }
 
         $response_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);