diff --git a/src/Compositor.cpp b/src/Compositor.cpp
index 30357a7d..3d9623a2 100644
--- a/src/Compositor.cpp
+++ b/src/Compositor.cpp
@@ -460,7 +460,7 @@ void CCompositor::startCompositor() {
     if (m_szWLDisplaySocket.empty()) {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "m_szWLDisplaySocket NULL!");
         wlr_backend_destroy(m_sWLRBackend);
-        throw std::runtime_error("m_szWLDisplaySocket was null! (wl_display_add_socket and wl_display_add_socket_auto failed)");
+        throwError("m_szWLDisplaySocket was null! (wl_display_add_socket and wl_display_add_socket_auto failed)");
     }
 
     setenv("WAYLAND_DISPLAY", m_szWLDisplaySocket.c_str(), 1);
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ void CCompositor::startCompositor() {
         Debug::log(CRIT, "Backend did not start!");
         wlr_backend_destroy(m_sWLRBackend);
         wl_display_destroy(m_sWLDisplay);
-        throw std::runtime_error("The backend could not start!");
+        throwError("The backend could not start!");
     }
 
     wlr_cursor_set_xcursor(m_sWLRCursor, m_sWLRXCursorMgr, "left_ptr");
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index fbd3da47..35080439 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ void help() {
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
     if (!getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR"))
-        throw std::runtime_error("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set!");
+        throwError("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set!");
 
     // export HYPRLAND_CMD
     std::string cmd = "";