1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/att/nsa/mr/client/impl/MRSimplerBatchPublisher.java b/src/main/java/com/att/nsa/mr/client/impl/MRSimplerBatchPublisher.java
index b211695..77d47e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/att/nsa/mr/client/impl/MRSimplerBatchPublisher.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/att/nsa/mr/client/impl/MRSimplerBatchPublisher.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class MRSimplerBatchPublisher extends MRBaseClient implements MRBatchingP
 					return new MRSimplerBatchPublisher(fUrls, fTopic, fMaxBatchSize, fMaxBatchAgeMs, fCompress,
 							fAllowSelfSignedCerts, fMaxBatchSize);
 				} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-					throw new RuntimeException(e);
+					throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
 				}
 			}