diff --git a/src/Tonic/Exception.php b/src/Tonic/Exception.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/Tonic/Exception.php
+++ b/src/Tonic/Exception.php
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@ namespace Tonic;
  */
 class Exception extends \Exception
 {
-    protected $message = 'An unknown Tonic exception occurred';
+    protected $message  = 'An unknown Tonic exception occurred';
+    protected $code     = 500;
 }
Default Error code in Tonic\Exception

Moving the default error code of <I> from dispatch.php to Tonic\Exception.php