diff --git a/lib/sightstone.rb b/lib/sightstone.rb
index 946d06c..34aae0a 100644
--- a/lib/sightstone.rb
+++ b/lib/sightstone.rb
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ end
 # Base class for exceptions raised by the gem
 class SightstoneApiException < Exception; end
 
+# Raised if no or an invalid api key was passed to the api
+class InvalidApiKeyException < SightstoneApiException; end
+
 # Raised if the given developer cannot be found (api returns http error code 404)
 class SummonerNotFoundException < SightstoneApiException; end
 
diff --git a/lib/sightstone/modules/sightstone_base_module.rb b/lib/sightstone/modules/sightstone_base_module.rb
index 030180b..256b8fb 100644
--- a/lib/sightstone/modules/sightstone_base_module.rb
+++ b/lib/sightstone/modules/sightstone_base_module.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ class SightstoneBaseModule
       raise Sightstone::SightstoneConnectionException
     elsif response_code == 429
       raise Sightstone::RateLimitExceededException
+    elsif response_code == 401
+	raise Sightstone::InvalidApiKeyException
     else
       raise Sightstone::SightstoneApiException 'Unknown error occured'
     end
   end
   
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/sightstone.gemspec b/sightstone.gemspec
index f51de61..8aa6838 100644
--- a/sightstone.gemspec
+++ b/sightstone.gemspec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.name = 'sightstone'
-  s.version = '1.0.0'
+  s.version = '1.1.0'
   s.date  = '2014-01-01'
   s.summary = 'Ruby wrapper for riots league of legends api'
   s.description = s.summary