diff --git a/frontend/main.cs b/frontend/main.cs
index 95f6209..eb5ac36 100644
--- a/frontend/main.cs
+++ b/frontend/main.cs
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ namespace arookas
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					if (results.Error is sunScriptException)
+					if (results.Error is sunSourceException)
 					{
-						var error = results.Error as sunScriptException;
+						var error = results.Error as sunSourceException;
 						Error("  in file \"{0}\"\n  at line {1}, col {2}\n\n{3}{4}", error.Location.File, error.Location.Line, error.Location.Column, GetErrorPreview(error.Location), error.Message);
 						exitCode = 1;
 					}
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 8f73b9d..9508677 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ Use the various properties on this type to gather the information of the compila
 |`FunctionCount`|The total number of function symbols created.|
 |`VariableCount`|The total number of global-scope variable symbols created.|
 
-If the error is of the type `sunScriptException`, you can cast and retrieve the script name, line, and column of the error.
+If the error is of the type `sunSourceException`, you can cast and retrieve the script name, line, and column of the error.
 
 ## Compiling
 
diff --git a/ssc/exceptions.cs b/ssc/exceptions.cs
index ec05c86..8ee776a 100644
--- a/ssc/exceptions.cs
+++ b/ssc/exceptions.cs
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@ namespace arookas
 	}
 
 	// exceptions that have a location in the source
-	public abstract class sunScriptException : sunCompilerException
+	public abstract class sunSourceException : sunCompilerException
 	{
 		public abstract sunSourceLocation Location { get; }
 
-		public sunScriptException()
+		public sunSourceException()
 		{
 
 		}
-		public sunScriptException(string format, params object[] args)
+		public sunSourceException(string format, params object[] args)
 			: base(format, args)
 		{
 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace arookas
 	}
 
 	// wrapper around Grammatica exceptions
-	class sunParserException : sunScriptException
+	class sunParserException : sunSourceException
 	{
 		string file;
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ namespace arookas
 	}
 
 	// node exceptions
-	abstract class sunNodeException<TNode> : sunScriptException where TNode : sunNode
+	abstract class sunNodeException<TNode> : sunSourceException where TNode : sunNode
 	{
 		public TNode Node { get; private set; }
 		public override sunSourceLocation Location { get { return Node.Location; } }