diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/WarpSyncProtocol.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/WarpSyncProtocol.java
index 2c77fee93..eb11ebc8e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/WarpSyncProtocol.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/WarpSyncProtocol.java
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto.WarpSyncRequest;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto.WarpSyncResponse;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.encoding.WarpSyncResponseDecoder;
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.scale.writer.WarpSyncRequestWriter;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecWriter;
 import io.libp2p.core.Stream;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockBody.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockBody.java
index ad24ce5e0..2680e9fb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockBody.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockBody.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto;
 
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.scale.reader.BlockBodyReader;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.scale.writer.BlockBodyWriter;
 import com.limechain.utils.HashUtils;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockHeader.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockHeader.java
index 23736f742..9bdc3e3c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockHeader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/BlockHeader.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 package com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto;
 
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.blockannounce.scale.BlockHeaderScaleWriter;
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.utils.HashUtils;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecWriter;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.types.Hash256;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/Extrinsics.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/Extrinsics.java
index d8116191b..4e5667828 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/Extrinsics.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/dto/Extrinsics.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto;
 
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.utils.HashUtils;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecWriter;
 import lombok.Data;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/CryptoHostFunctions.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/CryptoHostFunctions.java
index 37f4c0fde..59f04f7ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/CryptoHostFunctions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/CryptoHostFunctions.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.runtime.hostapi;
 
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.rpc.server.AppBean;
 import com.limechain.runtime.hostapi.dto.Key;
 import com.limechain.runtime.hostapi.dto.RuntimePointerSize;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/StorageHostFunctions.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/StorageHostFunctions.java
index 234ddf2f0..febc3d5fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/StorageHostFunctions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/runtime/hostapi/StorageHostFunctions.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.runtime.hostapi;
 
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.runtime.hostapi.dto.RuntimePointerSize;
 import com.limechain.storage.DBConstants;
 import com.limechain.storage.DeleteByPrefixResult;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/DeleteByPrefixResult.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/DeleteByPrefixResult.java
index ef65439f2..175493f8c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/DeleteByPrefixResult.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/DeleteByPrefixResult.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.storage;
 
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecWriter;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/block/BlockStateHelper.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/block/BlockStateHelper.java
index 338825502..c70a7aa26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/block/BlockStateHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/storage/block/BlockStateHelper.java
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.blockannounce.scale.BlockHeaderScaleWriter;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.dto.BlockHeader;
-import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception.ScaleEncodingException;
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleEncodingException;
 import com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.scale.reader.BlockHeaderReader;
 import com.limechain.storage.DBConstants;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecReader;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/ScaleUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/ScaleUtils.java
index 231e1d06b..692e52ebc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/ScaleUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/ScaleUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.limechain.utils.scale;
 
+import com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions.ScaleDecodingException;
 import com.limechain.utils.scale.writers.PairWriter;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecReader;
 import io.emeraldpay.polkaj.scale.ScaleCodecWriter;
@@ -15,7 +16,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.function.Function;
 
-// TODO: This class is currently just a helper utility class,
+// TODO:
+//  This is currently a helper utility class
 //  planned to grow into a unified scale encode/decode util class with whatever methods are useful
 //  WIP
 // Currently trying out different approaches to spare some of the boilerplate around SCALE en/decoding
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ public <T> T decode(byte[] encodedData, ScaleReader<T> reader) {
             try {
                 return new ScaleCodecReader(encodedData).read(reader);
             } catch (RuntimeException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("Error while SCALE decoding.", e); // TODO: is this a code smell?
+                throw new ScaleDecodingException("Error while SCALE decoding.", e);
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleDecodingException.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleDecodingException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1e6ddfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleDecodingException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions;
+
+public class ScaleDecodingException extends RuntimeException {
+    public ScaleDecodingException(Throwable cause) {
+        super(cause);
+    }
+
+    public ScaleDecodingException(String message) {
+        super(message);
+    }
+
+    public ScaleDecodingException(String message, Throwable cause) {
+        super(message, cause);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/exception/ScaleEncodingException.java b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleEncodingException.java
similarity index 85%
rename from src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/exception/ScaleEncodingException.java
rename to src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleEncodingException.java
index 82f310e29..bb9889b36 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/limechain/network/protocol/warp/exception/ScaleEncodingException.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/limechain/utils/scale/exceptions/ScaleEncodingException.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package com.limechain.network.protocol.warp.exception;
+package com.limechain.utils.scale.exceptions;
 
 public class ScaleEncodingException extends RuntimeException{
     public ScaleEncodingException(Throwable cause) {