diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index efb60c0386..674a99e053 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ class App {
 		}
 
 		if (! static::directory_usable($basepath)) {
-			throw new Exception('Basepath ' . $basepath . ' isn\'t usable.');
+			throw new \Exception('Basepath ' . $basepath . ' isn\'t usable.');
 		}
 
 		$this->basepath = rtrim($basepath, DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR);