diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index d95bcc6..47d4259 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
 //! }
 //! ```
 
-use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 
 use crate::common::{Certificate, NoExtension, PrivateKey};
@@ -59,14 +58,14 @@ impl EppClient {
         addr: SocketAddr,
         hostname: &str,
         identity: Option<(Vec<Certificate>, PrivateKey)>,
-    ) -> Result<Self, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    ) -> Result<Self, Error> {
         Ok(Self {
             connection: EppConnection::connect(registry, addr, hostname, identity).await?,
         })
     }
 
     /// Executes an EPP Hello call and returns the response as an `Greeting`
-    pub async fn hello(&mut self) -> Result<Greeting, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    pub async fn hello(&mut self) -> Result<Greeting, Error> {
         let hello_xml = HelloDocument::default().serialize()?;
 
         let response = self.connection.transact(&hello_xml).await?;
@@ -93,7 +92,7 @@ impl EppClient {
 
     /// Accepts raw EPP XML and returns the raw EPP XML response to it.
     /// Not recommended for direct use but sometimes can be useful for debugging
-    pub async fn transact_xml(&mut self, xml: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    pub async fn transact_xml(&mut self, xml: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
         self.connection.transact(xml).await
     }
 
@@ -107,7 +106,7 @@ impl EppClient {
         GreetingDocument::deserialize(&self.connection.greeting).map(|obj| obj.data)
     }
 
-    pub async fn shutdown(mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    pub async fn shutdown(mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         self.connection.shutdown().await
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/connection.rs b/src/connection.rs
index 258b6e7..2876b9f 100644
--- a/src/connection.rs
+++ b/src/connection.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 //! Manages registry connections and reading/writing to them
 
 use std::convert::TryInto;
-use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{io, str, u32};
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ impl EppConnection {
         addr: SocketAddr,
         hostname: &str,
         identity: Option<(Vec<Certificate>, PrivateKey)>,
-    ) -> Result<EppConnection, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    ) -> Result<EppConnection, Error> {
         let mut stream = epp_connect(addr, hostname, identity).await?;
 
         let mut buf = vec![0u8; 4096];
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ impl EppConnection {
     }
 
     /// Constructs an EPP XML request in the required form and sends it to the server
-    async fn send_epp_request(&mut self, content: &str) -> Result<(), Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    async fn send_epp_request(&mut self, content: &str) -> Result<(), Error> {
         let len = content.len();
 
         let buf_size = len + 4;
@@ -63,7 +62,7 @@ impl EppConnection {
     }
 
     /// Receives response from the socket and converts it into an EPP XML string
-    async fn get_epp_response(&mut self) -> Result<String, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    async fn get_epp_response(&mut self) -> Result<String, Error> {
         let mut buf = [0u8; 4];
         self.stream.read_exact(&mut buf).await?;
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ impl EppConnection {
 
     /// Sends an EPP XML request to the registry and return the response
     /// receieved to the request
-    pub(crate) async fn transact(&mut self, content: &str) -> Result<String, Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    pub(crate) async fn transact(&mut self, content: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
         debug!("{}: request: {}", self.registry, content);
         self.send_epp_request(content).await?;
 
@@ -109,7 +108,7 @@ impl EppConnection {
     }
 
     /// Closes the socket and shuts the connection
-    pub(crate) async fn shutdown(&mut self) -> Result<(), Box<dyn StdError>> {
+    pub(crate) async fn shutdown(&mut self) -> Result<(), Error> {
         info!("{}: Closing connection", self.registry);
 
         self.stream.shutdown().await?;
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 100f896..1696d08 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 use std::error::Error as StdError;
 use std::fmt::{self, Display};
 use std::io;
+use std::num::TryFromIntError;
+use std::str::Utf8Error;
+use std::string::FromUtf8Error;
 
 use crate::response::ResponseStatus;
 
@@ -46,3 +49,21 @@ impl From<io::ErrorKind> for Error {
         Self::Io(io::Error::from(e))
     }
 }
+
+impl From<TryFromIntError> for Error {
+    fn from(e: TryFromIntError) -> Self {
+        Self::Other(e.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<FromUtf8Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: FromUtf8Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Other(e.into())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Utf8Error> for Error {
+    fn from(e: Utf8Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Other(e.into())
+    }
+}