diff --git a/twython/__init__.py b/twython/__init__.py
index 26a3860..97be55a 100644
--- a/twython/__init__.py
+++ b/twython/__init__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 from twython import Twython
-from twython import TwythonError, TwythonRateLimitError, TwythonAuthError
+from .exceptions import TwythonError, TwythonRateLimitError, TwythonAuthError
diff --git a/twython/exceptions.py b/twython/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c939af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/twython/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+from twitter_endpoints import twitter_http_status_codes
+
+
+class TwythonError(Exception):
+    """
+        Generic error class, catch-all for most Twython issues.
+        Special cases are handled by TwythonAuthError & TwythonRateLimitError.
+
+        Note: Syntax has changed as of Twython 1.3. To catch these,
+              you need to explicitly import them into your code, e.g:
+
+        from twython import (
+            TwythonError, TwythonRateLimitError, TwythonAuthError
+        )
+    """
+    def __init__(self, msg, error_code=None, retry_after=None):
+        self.error_code = error_code
+
+        if error_code is not None and error_code in twitter_http_status_codes:
+            msg = 'Twitter API returned a %s (%s), %s' % \
+                  (error_code,
+                   twitter_http_status_codes[error_code][0],
+                   msg)
+
+        super(TwythonError, self).__init__(msg)
+
+    @property
+    def msg(self):
+        return self.args[0]
+
+
+class TwythonAuthError(TwythonError):
+    """ Raised when you try to access a protected resource and it fails due to
+        some issue with your authentication.
+    """
+    pass
+
+
+class TwythonRateLimitError(TwythonError):
+    """ Raised when you've hit a rate limit.
+
+        The amount of seconds to retry your request in will be appended
+        to the message.
+    """
+    def __init__(self, msg, error_code, retry_after=None):
+        if isinstance(retry_after, int):
+            msg = '%s (Retry after %d seconds)' % (msg, retry_after)
+        TwythonError.__init__(self, msg, error_code=error_code)
diff --git a/twython/twython.py b/twython/twython.py
index bf66740..415b145 100644
--- a/twython/twython.py
+++ b/twython/twython.py
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ except ImportError:
 
 # Twython maps keyword based arguments to Twitter API endpoints. The endpoints
 # table is a file with a dictionary of every API endpoint that Twython supports.
-from twitter_endpoints import base_url, api_table, twitter_http_status_codes
+from twitter_endpoints import base_url, api_table
+from .exceptions import TwythonError, TwythonAuthError, TwythonRateLimitError
 
 try:
     import simplejson as json
@@ -31,48 +32,6 @@ except ImportError:
     import json
 
 
-class TwythonError(Exception):
-    """
-        Generic error class, catch-all for most Twython issues.
-        Special cases are handled by TwythonAPILimit and TwythonAuthError.
-
-        Note: To use these, the syntax has changed as of Twython 1.3. To catch these,
-        you need to explicitly import them into your code, e.g:
-
-        from twython import TwythonError, TwythonRateLimitError, TwythonAuthError
-    """
-    def __init__(self, msg, error_code=None, retry_after=None):
-        self.error_code = error_code
-
-        if error_code is not None and error_code in twitter_http_status_codes:
-            msg = 'Twitter API returned a %s (%s), %s' % (error_code,
-                                                          twitter_http_status_codes[error_code][0],
-                                                          msg)
-
-        super(TwythonError, self).__init__(msg)
-
-    @property
-    def msg(self):
-        return self.args[0]
-
-
-class TwythonAuthError(TwythonError):
-    """ Raised when you try to access a protected resource and it fails due to
-        some issue with your authentication.
-    """
-    pass
-
-
-class TwythonRateLimitError(TwythonError):
-    """ Raised when you've hit a rate limit.
-        retry_wait_seconds is the number of seconds to wait before trying again.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, msg, error_code, retry_after=None):
-        if isinstance(retry_after, int):
-            msg = '%s (Retry after %d seconds)' % (msg, retry_after)
-        TwythonError.__init__(self, msg, error_code=error_code)
-
-
 class Twython(object):
     def __init__(self, app_key=None, app_secret=None, oauth_token=None, oauth_token_secret=None,
                  headers=None, callback_url=None, twitter_token=None, twitter_secret=None, proxies=None, version='1.1'):