diff --git a/fittrackee/email/exceptions.py b/fittrackee/email/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fee33b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fittrackee/email/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class InvalidEmailUrlScheme(Exception):
+    ...
diff --git a/fittrackee/email/utils_email.py b/fittrackee/email/utils_email.py
index 1daa2ab3..4721a63d 100644
--- a/fittrackee/email/utils_email.py
+++ b/fittrackee/email/utils_email.py
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ from typing import Dict
 
 from urllib3.util import parse_url
 
-
-class InvalidEmailUrlScheme(Exception):
-    ...
+from .exceptions import InvalidEmailUrlScheme
 
 
 def parse_email_url(email_url: str) -> Dict:
diff --git a/fittrackee/exceptions.py b/fittrackee/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ec38e3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fittrackee/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from typing import Optional
+
+
+class GenericException(Exception):
+    def __init__(
+        self, status: str, message: str, e: Optional[Exception] = None
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(message)
+        self.status = status
+        self.message = message
+        self.e = e
diff --git a/fittrackee/workouts/exceptions.py b/fittrackee/workouts/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2aa1cc4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fittrackee/workouts/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+from fittrackee.exceptions import GenericException
+
+
+class WorkoutException(GenericException):
+    ...
+
+
+class WorkoutGPXException(GenericException):
+    ...
diff --git a/fittrackee/workouts/utils.py b/fittrackee/workouts/utils.py
index 5e2c4895..cd062b6e 100644
--- a/fittrackee/workouts/utils.py
+++ b/fittrackee/workouts/utils.py
@@ -16,20 +16,12 @@ from werkzeug.datastructures import FileStorage
 from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 
 from ..users.models import User
+from .exceptions import WorkoutException
 from .models import Sport, Workout, WorkoutSegment
 from .utils_files import get_absolute_file_path
 from .utils_gpx import get_gpx_info
 
 
-class WorkoutException(Exception):
-    def __init__(
-        self, status: str, message: str, e: Optional[Exception] = None
-    ) -> None:
-        self.status = status
-        self.message = message
-        self.e = e
-
-
 def get_datetime_with_tz(
     timezone: str, workout_date: datetime, gpx_data: Optional[Dict] = None
 ) -> Tuple[Optional[datetime], datetime]:
diff --git a/fittrackee/workouts/utils_gpx.py b/fittrackee/workouts/utils_gpx.py
index c92153b0..84ec47f1 100644
--- a/fittrackee/workouts/utils_gpx.py
+++ b/fittrackee/workouts/utils_gpx.py
@@ -3,18 +3,10 @@ from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import gpxpy.gpx
 
+from .exceptions import WorkoutGPXException
 from .utils_weather import get_weather
 
 
-class WorkoutGPXException(Exception):
-    def __init__(
-        self, status: str, message: str, e: Optional[Exception] = None
-    ) -> None:
-        self.status = status
-        self.message = message
-        self.e = e
-
-
 def open_gpx_file(gpx_file: str) -> Optional[gpxpy.gpx.GPX]:
     gpx_file = open(gpx_file, 'r')  # type: ignore
     gpx = gpxpy.parse(gpx_file)