diff --git a/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.cpp b/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.cpp
index 2fcc100454ddfe375dd06e53c38231b8082eda1d..11e82a0e868bb2c6751f1cbc29fe6840688c975f 100644
--- a/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.cpp
+++ b/src/CSVReader/CSVReader.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace lib4neuro {
     CSVReader::CSVReader(std::string file_path, std::string delimiter, bool ignore_first_line) {
         if(!std::filesystem::exists(file_path)) {
-            throw std::runtime_error("The specified file path does not exist!");
+            throw lib4neuro::FileNotFoundException("The specified file path in CSVReader does not exist!");
         }
 
         this->file_path = file_path;