diff --git a/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/GrowBrosException.java b/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/GrowBrosException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fb0a36e81ec3bbd320cfcea709533a2e12bd8012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/GrowBrosException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package hdm.mi.growbros.exceptions;
+
+public abstract class GrowBrosException extends RuntimeException {
+    public GrowBrosException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/PlantNotFoundException.java b/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/PlantNotFoundException.java
index e72d6b99e7c7a061ef2b88958d544033c5f3802c..dd51f32462363b4eb525e855f05e0feb23e418c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/PlantNotFoundException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/hdm/mi/growbros/exceptions/PlantNotFoundException.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package hdm.mi.growbros.exceptions;
 
-public class PlantNotFoundException extends RuntimeException {
+public class PlantNotFoundException extends GrowBrosException {
     public PlantNotFoundException(Long id) {
         super(String.format("Plant with id '%d' was not found", id));
     }