diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bb92564..c90a220 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
-use torrust_bencode2json::parsers::BencodeParser;
+use torrust_bencode2json::parsers::{self, BencodeParser};
 
-fn main() -> Result<(), torrust_bencode2json::rw::error::Error> {
+fn main() -> Result<(), parsers::error::Error> {
     let matches = Command::new("torrust-bencode2json")
         .version("0.1.0")
         .author("Torrust Organization")
diff --git a/src/parsers/error.rs b/src/parsers/error.rs
index 831b2aa..9d8a88c 100644
--- a/src/parsers/error.rs
+++ b/src/parsers/error.rs
@@ -6,5 +6,14 @@ use crate::rw;
 #[derive(Debug, Error)]
 pub enum Error {
     #[error("R/W error: {0}")]
-    Rw(#[from] rw::Error),
+    Rw(#[from] rw::error::Error),
+
+    #[error("Unexpected byte parsing integer: {0}")]
+    UnexpectedByteParsingInteger(u8), // todo: add input byte pos and dump previous bytes
+}
+
+impl From<std::io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Rw(err.into())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/parsers/integer.rs b/src/parsers/integer.rs
index 9397606..28eef4b 100644
--- a/src/parsers/integer.rs
+++ b/src/parsers/integer.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 //! It reads bencoded bytes from the input and writes JSON bytes to the output.
 use std::io::Read;
 
-use crate::rw::{byte_reader::ByteReader, error::Error, writer::Writer};
+use crate::rw::{byte_reader::ByteReader, writer::Writer};
+
+use super::error::Error;
 
 // code-review: state machine to check state transitions (runtime or compile time)?
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ pub fn parse<R: Read, W: Writer>(
     loop {
         let byte = match reader.read_byte() {
             Ok(byte) => byte,
-            Err(err) => return Err(err),
+            Err(err) => return Err(err.into()),
         };
 
         let char = byte as char;
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ pub fn parse<R: Read, W: Writer>(
             state = StateExpecting::DigitAfterSign;
             writer.write_byte(byte)?;
         } else {
-            panic!("invalid integer");
+            return Err(Error::UnexpectedByteParsingInteger(byte));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/parsers/mod.rs b/src/parsers/mod.rs
index b211919..206a303 100644
--- a/src/parsers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/parsers/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use std::{
 use stack::{Stack, State};
 
 use crate::rw::{
-    byte_reader::ByteReader, byte_writer::ByteWriter, error::Error, string_writer::StringWriter,
+    self, byte_reader::ByteReader, byte_writer::ByteWriter, string_writer::StringWriter,
     writer::Writer,
 };
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ impl<R: Read> BencodeParser<R> {
     ///
     /// Will panic if receives a byte that isn't a valid begin or end of a
     /// bencoded type: integer, string, list or dictionary.
-    pub fn write_str<W: FmtWrite>(&mut self, writer: W) -> Result<(), crate::rw::error::Error> {
+    pub fn write_str<W: FmtWrite>(&mut self, writer: W) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
         let mut writer = StringWriter::new(writer);
         self.parse(&mut writer)
     }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ impl<R: Read> BencodeParser<R> {
     ///
     /// Will panic if receives a byte that isn't a valid begin or end of a
     /// bencoded type: integer, string, list or dictionary.
-    pub fn write_bytes<W: IoWrite>(&mut self, writer: W) -> Result<(), crate::rw::error::Error> {
+    pub fn write_bytes<W: IoWrite>(&mut self, writer: W) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
         let mut writer = ByteWriter::new(writer);
         self.parse(&mut writer)
     }
@@ -87,15 +87,17 @@ impl<R: Read> BencodeParser<R> {
     ///
     /// Will panic if receives a byte that isn't a valid begin or end of a
     /// bencoded type: integer, string, list or dictionary.
-    fn parse<W: Writer>(&mut self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), crate::rw::error::Error> {
+    fn parse<W: Writer>(&mut self, writer: &mut W) -> Result<(), error::Error> {
         loop {
             let byte = match self.byte_reader.read_byte() {
                 Ok(byte) => byte,
                 Err(err) => match err {
-                    Error::Io(ref io_error) if io_error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => {
+                    rw::error::Error::Io(ref io_error)
+                        if io_error.kind() == io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof =>
+                    {
                         break;
                     }
-                    Error::Io(_) | Error::Fmt(_) => return Err(err),
+                    rw::error::Error::Io(_) | rw::error::Error::Fmt(_) => return Err(err.into()),
                 },
             };
 
@@ -235,7 +237,7 @@ impl<R: Read> BencodeParser<R> {
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 
-    use super::BencodeParser;
+    use super::{error, BencodeParser};
 
     #[test]
     fn it_should_allow_writing_to_a_byte_vector() {
@@ -292,7 +294,7 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     mod integers {
-        use crate::parsers::tests::to_json;
+        use crate::parsers::tests::{parse, to_json};
 
         #[test]
         fn zero() {
@@ -316,6 +318,23 @@ mod tests {
 
         // todo: all encodings with a leading zero, such as i03e, are invalid, other
         // than i0e, which of course corresponds to 0.
+
+        #[test]
+        fn it_should_fail_when_it_finds_an_invalid_byte() {
+            let int_with_invalid_byte = b"iae";
+
+            match parse(int_with_invalid_byte) {
+                Ok(_output) => panic!(
+                    "expected error parsing invalid byte in integer: {int_with_invalid_byte:?}"
+                ),
+                Err(err) => match err {
+                    crate::parsers::error::Error::Rw(_err) => panic!("invalid error"),
+                    crate::parsers::error::Error::UnexpectedByteParsingInteger(byte) => {
+                        assert_eq!(byte, b'a');
+                    }
+                },
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     mod strings {
@@ -611,4 +630,16 @@ mod tests {
 
         output
     }
+
+    /// Wrapper to easily use the parser in tests
+    fn parse(input_buffer: &[u8]) -> Result<String, error::Error> {
+        let mut output = String::new();
+
+        let mut parser = BencodeParser::new(input_buffer);
+
+        match parser.write_str(&mut output) {
+            Ok(()) => Ok(output),
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/rw/mod.rs b/src/rw/mod.rs
index 2a6a59e..a7bf9e5 100644
--- a/src/rw/mod.rs
+++ b/src/rw/mod.rs
@@ -4,5 +4,3 @@ pub mod byte_writer;
 pub mod error;
 pub mod string_writer;
 pub mod writer;
-
-pub type Error = error::Error;