diff --git a/snscrape/modules/twitter.py b/snscrape/modules/twitter.py
index d0f720f..78d70a3 100644
--- a/snscrape/modules/twitter.py
+++ b/snscrape/modules/twitter.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class _TwitterAPIScraper(snscrape.base.Scraper):
 				r = self._post('https://api.twitter.com/1.1/guest/activate.json', data = b'', headers = self._apiHeaders, responseOkCallback = self._check_guest_token_response)
 				o = r.json()
 				if not o.get('guest_token'):
-					raise snscrape.base.ScraperError('Unable to retrieve guest token')
+					raise snscrape.base.ScraperException('Unable to retrieve guest token')
 				self._guestTokenManager.token = o['guest_token']
 			assert self._guestTokenManager.token
 		_logger.debug(f'Using guest token {self._guestTokenManager.token}')
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ class _TwitterAPIScraper(snscrape.base.Scraper):
 			#TODO Include result['softInterventionPivot'] in the Tweet object
 			result = result['tweet']
 		else:
-			raise snscrape.base.ScraperError(f'Unknown result type {result["__typename"]!r}')
+			raise snscrape.base.ScraperException(f'Unknown result type {result["__typename"]!r}')
 		tweet = result['legacy']
 		userId = int(result['core']['user_results']['result']['rest_id'])
 		user = self._user_to_user(result['core']['user_results']['result']['legacy'], id_ = userId)
diff --git a/snscrape/modules/weibo.py b/snscrape/modules/weibo.py
index 38318bd..796f864 100644
--- a/snscrape/modules/weibo.py
+++ b/snscrape/modules/weibo.py
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class WeiboUserScraper(snscrape.base.Scraper):
 			_logger.warning('User does not exist')
 			self._user = _userDoesNotExist
 		else:
-			raise snscrape.base.ScraperError(f'Got unexpected response on resolving username ({r.status_code})')
+			raise snscrape.base.ScraperException(f'Got unexpected response on resolving username ({r.status_code})')
 
 	def _check_timeline_response(self, r):
 		if r.status_code == 200 and r.content == b'{"ok":0,"msg":"\\u8fd9\\u91cc\\u8fd8\\u6ca1\\u6709\\u5185\\u5bb9","data":{"cards":[]}}':