diff --git a/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIErrorResponse.java b/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIErrorResponse.java
index ee7d4fd..935c27a 100644
--- a/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIErrorResponse.java
+++ b/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIErrorResponse.java
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ public class APIErrorResponse {
         this.message = getLocalizedMessage(apiError, locale);
         this.rootCause = th.getMessage();
     }
+    
+    public APIErrorResponse(APIError apiError, Locale locale, String rootCauseMessage) {
+        this.status = apiError.getStatus();
+        this.errorCode = apiError.getErrorCode();
+        this.message = getLocalizedMessage(apiError, locale);
+        this.rootCause = rootCauseMessage;
+    }    
 
     public APIErrorResponse(Exception exception, Locale locale) {
         this.status = Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
diff --git a/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIException.java b/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIException.java
index e122237..10e5cfc 100644
--- a/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIException.java
+++ b/jeeutil/src/main/java/de/muehlencord/shared/jeeutil/restexfw/APIException.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ public class APIException extends RuntimeException {
     public static final String HTTP_HEADER_X_ERROR = "X-Error";
     public static final String HTTP_HEADER_X_ERROR_CODE = "X-Error-Code";
     public static final String HTTP_HEADER_X_ROOT_CAUSE = "X-Root-Cause";
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = -4356132354448841938L;
 
     private final Response httpResponse;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ public class APIException extends RuntimeException {
     public APIException(APIError apiError, Locale locale, Throwable th) {
         httpResponse = createHttpResponse(new APIErrorResponse(apiError, locale, th));
     }    
+    
+    public APIException(APIError apiError, Locale locale, String rootCause) {
+        httpResponse = createHttpResponse(new APIErrorResponse(apiError, locale, rootCause));
+    }     
 
     public APIException(Exception exception, Locale locale) {
         httpResponse = createHttpResponse(new APIErrorResponse(exception, locale));