diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index 7ce6daa9..72b9644c 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -29,4 +29,5 @@ Fixed in branch for release 0.7 :
 - General:  (MarkBaker)                         - Add superscript/subscript styling in Excel2007 Writer
 - General:  (deds)                              - add indentation support to paragraphs
 - General:  (Progi1984)       GH-27             - Support for Composer
-- General:  (Progi1984)                         - Basic CI with Travis
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+- General:  (Progi1984)                         - Basic CI with Travis
+- General:  (Progi1984)                         - Added PHPWord_Exception and exception when could not copy the template
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diff --git a/src/PHPWord/Exception.php b/src/PHPWord/Exception.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cf4f050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PHPWord/Exception.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * PHPWord
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2009 - 2010 PHPWord
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ *
+ * @category   PHPWord
+ * @package    PHPWord
+ * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2009 - 2010 PHPWord (http://www.codeplex.com/PHPWord)
+ * @license    http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/lgpl-2.1.txt	LGPL
+ * @version    ##VERSION##, ##DATE##
+ */
+
+
+/**
+ * PHPWord_Exception
+ *
+ * @category PHPWord
+ * @package PHPWord
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2006 - 2013 PHPWord (http://www.codeplex.com/PHPWord)
+ */
+class PHPWord_Exception extends Exception {
+  /**
+   * Error handler callback
+   *
+   * @param mixed $code
+   * @param mixed $string
+   * @param mixed $file
+   * @param mixed $line
+   * @param mixed $context
+   */
+  public static function errorHandlerCallback($code, $string, $file, $line, $context) {
+    $e = new self($string, $code);
+    $e->line = $line;
+    $e->file = $file;
+    throw $e;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/src/PHPWord/Template.php b/src/PHPWord/Template.php
index 72004253..bbc3197f 100644
--- a/src/PHPWord/Template.php
+++ b/src/PHPWord/Template.php
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ class PHPWord_Template {
     public function __construct($strFilename) {
         $path = dirname($strFilename);
         $this->_tempFileName = $path.DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR.time().'.docx';
-        
-        copy($strFilename, $this->_tempFileName); // Copy the source File to the temp File
+
+        // Copy the source File to the temp File
+        if(!copy($strFilename, $this->_tempFileName)){
+          throw new PHPWord_Exception('Could not copy the template from '.$strFilename.' to '.$this->_tempFileName.'.');
+        }
 
         $this->_objZip = new ZipArchive();
         $this->_objZip->open($this->_tempFileName);