diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/io/StoredFileHelper.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/io/StoredFileHelper.java
index 9f8ef2e6c6c..5404426c432 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/io/StoredFileHelper.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/streams/io/StoredFileHelper.java
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ public StoredFileHelper(final Context context, @Nullable final Uri parent,
             final DocumentFile file = DocumentFile.fromSingleUri(context, path);
 
             if (file == null) {
-                throw new RuntimeException("SAF not available");
+                throw new IOException("SAF not available");
             }
 
             this.context = context;