From 0be86014bc5f7573ec50b7efb7f83be108b2e734 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Spencer Churchill <churchill@ionq.co>
Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2024 19:17:48 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fixes comment + too general of an exception

---
 pennylane_ionq/api_client.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pennylane_ionq/api_client.py b/pennylane_ionq/api_client.py
index 1dd913c..0162528 100644
--- a/pennylane_ionq/api_client.py
+++ b/pennylane_ionq/api_client.py
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ def __init__(self, timeout_seconds=600, **kwargs):
 
         self.HEADERS = {"User-Agent": self.USER_AGENT}
 
-        # Ten minute timeout on requests.
+        # sets the default timeout for API requests
         self.TIMEOUT_SECONDS = timeout_seconds
 
         if self.AUTHENTICATION_TOKEN:
@@ -338,8 +338,8 @@ def handle_error_response(self, response):
         self.errors.append(error)
         try:
             response.raise_for_status()
-        except Exception as e:
-            raise Exception(response.text) from e
+        except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as e:
+            raise requests.exceptions.HTTPError(e)
 
     def refresh_data(self, data, params=None):
         """