diff --git a/exceptions/MDFailedToCreateDirectory.php b/exceptions/MDFailedToCreateDirectory.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf96145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/exceptions/MDFailedToCreateDirectory.php
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?PHP
+declare(strict_types = 1);
+
+/**
+ * Reports a failure to create a new directory.
+ */
+final class MDFailedToCreateDirectory extends Exception {
+    /**
+     * Error message.
+     *
+     * @return string
+     */
+    public function errorMessage() {
+        //error message
+        return 'Failed to encode JSON data.';
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/MD_STD.php b/src/MD_STD.php
index d170e07..5aeb40f 100644
--- a/src/MD_STD.php
+++ b/src/MD_STD.php
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ final class MD_STD {
             return;
         }
         if (\mkdir($pathname, $mode, $recursive) === false) {
-            throw new Exception("Failed to create directory: $pathname");
+            throw new MDFailedToCreateDirectory("Failed to create directory: $pathname");
         }
 
     }