diff --git a/code/errors.rb b/code/errors.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b184a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/errors.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+module RQ
+  class RqError < ::StandardError; end
+  class RqCannotRelay < RqError; def message; 'Cannot relay message'; end; end
+  class RqQueueNotFound < RqError; def message; 'Queue not found'; end; end
+  class RqMissingArgument < RqError; def message; 'Missing argument'; end; end
+end
diff --git a/code/main.rb b/code/main.rb
index a9de616..abc84aa 100644
--- a/code/main.rb
+++ b/code/main.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 require 'version'
 require 'code/queuemgrclient'
 require 'code/queueclient'
+require 'code/errors'
 require 'code/hashdir'
 require 'code/portaproc'
 require 'code/overrides'
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
 
       begin
         qc = RQ::QueueClient.new(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
 
       begin
         qc = RQ::QueueClient.new(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -205,7 +206,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/new_message' do
       begin
         qc = RQ::QueueClient.new(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
 
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(q_name)
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -313,7 +314,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/config' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -333,7 +334,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
 
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
 
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     post '/q/:name/:msg_id/clone' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -398,7 +399,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     post '/q/:name/:msg_id/run_now' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -419,7 +420,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     post '/q/:name/:msg_id/attach/new' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -478,7 +479,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     post '/q/:name/:msg_id/attach/:attachment_name' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/:msg_id/log/:log_name' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -536,7 +537,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/:msg_id/attach/:attach_name' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -567,7 +568,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/:msg_id/tailview/:attach_name' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     get '/q/:name/:msg_id/tailviewlog/:log_name' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
@@ -624,7 +625,7 @@ def flash_now(type, msg)
     post '/q/:name/:msg_id' do
       begin
         qc = get_queueclient(params[:name])
-      rescue RqQueueNotFound
+      rescue RQ::RqQueueNotFound
         throw :halt, [404, "404 - Queue not found"]
       end
 
diff --git a/code/queueclient.rb b/code/queueclient.rb
index 53b9a73..a51f340 100644
--- a/code/queueclient.rb
+++ b/code/queueclient.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'socket'
 require 'json'
 require 'unixrack'
+require 'code/errors'
 
 module RQ
   class QueueClient
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ def initialize(name, path=".")
       @queue_path = File.join(path, 'queue', @name)
       @queue_sock_path = File.join(@queue_path, 'queue.sock')
 
-      raise RqQueueNotFound unless File.directory?(@queue_path)
+      raise RQ::RqQueueNotFound unless File.directory?(@queue_path)
     end
 
     def running?(pid=read_pid)
diff --git a/code/rq.rb b/code/rq.rb
index 30448bd..b5b18df 100644
--- a/code/rq.rb
+++ b/code/rq.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,7 @@
 require 'vendor/environment'
 require 'code/rule_processor'
 require 'code/queueclient'
-
-# needs some sort of error handling -- move out of this file
-# so that higher level up services can handle them (for us -- RqUtils2)
-class RqError < ::StandardError; end
-
-class RqCannotRelay < RqError; def message; 'Cannot relay message'; end; end
-class RqQueueNotFound < RqError; def message; 'Queue not found'; end; end
-class RqMissingArgument < RqError; def message; 'Missing argument'; end; end
+require 'code/errors'
 
 def check_usage(arg_list)
   if not arg_list.length > 0 or arg_list.include?('-h') or arg_list.include?('--help')
@@ -65,10 +58,10 @@ def get_queue_client(q_name)
   #   - param[1234]
   def cmd_sendmesg(args)
     q_name = args['dest']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not q_name
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not q_name
 
     if q_name.index('http:') == 0
-      raise RqCannotRelay if !args.has_key?('relay-ok') # throw :halt, [404, 'Sorry - cannot relay message']
+      raise RQ::RqCannotRelay if !args.has_key?('relay-ok') # throw :halt, [404, 'Sorry - cannot relay message']
       q_name = 'relay'
     end
 
@@ -88,10 +81,10 @@ def cmd_sendmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_prepmesg(args)
     q_name = args['dest']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not q_name
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not q_name
 
     if q_name.index('http:') == 0
-      raise RqCannotRelay if !args.has_key?('relay-ok') # throw :halt, [404, 'Sorry - cannot relay message']
+      raise RQ::RqCannotRelay if !args.has_key?('relay-ok') # throw :halt, [404, 'Sorry - cannot relay message']
       q_name = 'relay'
     end
 
@@ -120,7 +113,7 @@ def check_attachment(msg)
 
   def cmd_attachmesg(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -137,7 +130,7 @@ def cmd_attachmesg(args)
 
     msg['pathname'] = File.expand_path(msg['pathname'])
     results = check_attachment(msg)
-    raise RqError(results[0]) if not results[0] # throw :halt, [404, "404 - #{results[0]}"]
+    raise RQ::RqError(results[0]) if not results[0] # throw :halt, [404, "404 - #{results[0]}"]
     result = qc.attach_message(msg)
     print "#{result[0]} #{result[1]} for Message: #{full_mesg_id} attachment\n"
     result[0] == "ok" ? 0 : 1
@@ -145,7 +138,7 @@ def cmd_attachmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_commitmesg(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -162,7 +155,7 @@ def cmd_commitmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_statusmesg(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -182,7 +175,7 @@ def cmd_statusmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_state(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -202,7 +195,7 @@ def cmd_state(args)
 
   def cmd_statuscountmesg(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -222,7 +215,7 @@ def cmd_statuscountmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_single_que(args)
     q_name = args['dest']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not q_name
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not q_name
 
     #if (q_name.index('http:') == 0) && args.has_key?('relay-ok')
     #  q_name = 'relay'
@@ -246,7 +239,7 @@ def cmd_single_que(args)
 
   def cmd_attachstatusmesg(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -275,7 +268,7 @@ def cmd_attachstatusmesg(args)
 
   def cmd_clone(args)
     full_mesg_id = args['msg_id']
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not full_mesg_id
 
     q_name = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
     msg_id = full_mesg_id[/\/q\/[^\/]+\/([^\/]+)/, 1]
@@ -289,7 +282,7 @@ def cmd_clone(args)
   end
 
   def cmd_verify_rules(args)
-    raise RqMissingArgument if not args['path']
+    raise RQ::RqMissingArgument if not args['path']
 
     rp = RQ::RuleProcessor.process_pathname(args['path'], args['verbose'])