diff --git a/smart-client-core/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/SmartClientException.java b/smart-client-core/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/SmartClientException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..539db1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smart-client-core/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/SmartClientException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package com.emc.rest.smart;
+
+public class SmartClientException extends RuntimeException {
+
+    private ErrorType errorType = ErrorType.Unknown;
+
+    public SmartClientException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public SmartClientException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+    public ErrorType getErrorType() {
+        return errorType;
+    }
+
+    public void setErrorType(ErrorType errorType) {
+        this.errorType = errorType;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isServerError() {
+        return this.getErrorType().equals(SmartClientException.ErrorType.Service);
+    }
+    
+    public enum ErrorType {
+        Client, // 4xx
+        Service, // 5xx
+        Unknown
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/smart-client-jersey/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/jersey/SmartFilter.java b/smart-client-jersey/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/jersey/SmartFilter.java
index 87a391b..eb85e4b 100644
--- a/smart-client-jersey/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/jersey/SmartFilter.java
+++ b/smart-client-jersey/src/main/java/com/emc/rest/smart/jersey/SmartFilter.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.emc.rest.smart.jersey;
 
 import com.emc.rest.smart.Host;
+import com.emc.rest.smart.SmartClientException;
 import com.emc.rest.smart.SmartConfig;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientHandlerException;
 import com.sun.jersey.api.client.ClientRequest;
@@ -74,9 +75,9 @@ public ClientResponse handle(ClientRequest request) throws ClientHandlerExceptio
 
             return response;
         } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-
             // capture requests stats (error)
-            host.callComplete(true);
+            boolean isServerError = e instanceof SmartClientException && ((SmartClientException) e).isServerError();
+            host.callComplete(isServerError);
             host.connectionClosed();
 
             throw e;