diff --git a/transports/transport-highway/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/highway/HighwayTransport.java b/transports/transport-highway/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/highway/HighwayTransport.java
index 48ff052813..d1487a9aae 100644
--- a/transports/transport-highway/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/highway/HighwayTransport.java
+++ b/transports/transport-highway/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/highway/HighwayTransport.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public boolean init() throws Exception {
     if ((boolean)result.get("code")) {
       return true;
     } else {
-      throw new Exception((String) result.get("message"));
+      throw new IllegalStateException((String) result.get("message"));
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/transports/transport-rest/transport-rest-vertx/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/rest/vertx/VertxRestTransport.java b/transports/transport-rest/transport-rest-vertx/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/rest/vertx/VertxRestTransport.java
index ff8f59a13b..86247f50e0 100644
--- a/transports/transport-rest/transport-rest-vertx/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/rest/vertx/VertxRestTransport.java
+++ b/transports/transport-rest/transport-rest-vertx/src/main/java/org/apache/servicecomb/transport/rest/vertx/VertxRestTransport.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public boolean init() throws Exception {
     if ((boolean)result.get("code")) {
       return true;
     } else {
-      throw new Exception((String) result.get("message"));
+      throw new IllegalStateException((String) result.get("message"));
     }
   }