diff --git a/src/LAMMPS.jl b/src/LAMMPS.jl
index 30725f1..7c40a20 100644
--- a/src/LAMMPS.jl
+++ b/src/LAMMPS.jl
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ end
 function LAMMPSError(lmp::LMP)
     buf = zeros(UInt8, 100)
     API.lammps_get_last_error_message(lmp, buf, length(buf))
-    LAMMPSException(String(buf))
+    LAMMPSError(String(buf))
 end
 
 function Base.showerror(io::IO, err::LAMMPSError)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 061cc69..1e1e544 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ LMP(["-screen", "none"]) do lmp
     @test LAMMPS.version(lmp) >= 0
     command(lmp, "clear")
 
-    @test_throws ErrorException command(lmp, "nonsense")
+    @test_throws LAMMPS.LAMMPSError command(lmp, "nonsense")
 end
 
 @testset "Variables" begin