diff --git a/ReadSharp.Tests/ReadTests.cs b/ReadSharp.Tests/ReadTests.cs
index c0806d1..5576b1c 100644
--- a/ReadSharp.Tests/ReadTests.cs
+++ b/ReadSharp.Tests/ReadTests.cs
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp.Tests
     [Fact]
     public async Task ReadArticleWithInvalidUriTest()
     {
-      await ThrowsAsync<Exception>(async () =>
+      await ThrowsAsync<ReadException>(async () =>
       {
         await reader.Read(new Uri("http://frontendplayyyyy.com"));
       });
diff --git a/ReadSharp/Models/ArticleImage.cs b/ReadSharp/Models/ArticleImage.cs
index d8377cd..1389958 100644
--- a/ReadSharp/Models/ArticleImage.cs
+++ b/ReadSharp/Models/ArticleImage.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ namespace ReadSharp
   /// </summary>
   public class ArticleImage
   {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets or sets the identifier.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <value>
+    /// The identifier.
+    /// </value>
+    public string ID { get; set; }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets or sets the URI.
     /// </summary>
diff --git a/ReadSharp/ReadException.cs b/ReadSharp/ReadException.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d92b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReadSharp/ReadException.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using System;
+
+namespace ReadSharp
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// ReadSharp exception
+  /// </summary>
+  public class ReadException : Exception
+  {
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReadException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    public ReadException()
+      : base() { }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReadException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The message that describes the error.</param>
+    public ReadException(string message)
+      : base(message) { }
+
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="ReadException"/> class.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="message">The error message that explains the reason for the exception.</param>
+    /// <param name="innerException">The exception that is the cause of the current exception, or a null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic) if no inner exception is specified.</param>
+    public ReadException(string message, Exception innerException)
+      : base(message, innerException) { }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ReadSharp/Reader.cs b/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
index 3c4afa7..50f5d14 100644
--- a/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
+++ b/ReadSharp/Reader.cs
@@ -111,25 +111,21 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       bool noHeadline = false,
       bool useDeepLinks = false)
     {
-      HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, uri);
-      HttpResponseMessage respo = null;
+      Response response;
+      TranscodingResult transcodingResult;
+      Encoding encoding;
 
       // make async request
       try
       {
-        respo = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request);
+        // get HTML string from URI
+        response = await Request(uri);
       }
       catch (HttpRequestException exc)
       {
-        throw new Exception(exc.Message, exc);
+        throw new ReadException(exc.Message);
       }
 
-      // read response
-      string resp = await respo.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
-
-      // get HTML string from URI
-      Response response = await Request(uri);
-
       // handle deep links
       if (useDeepLinks)
       {
@@ -141,20 +137,29 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       }
 
       // readability
-      TranscodingResult transcodingResult = ExtractReadableInformation(uri, response.Stream, bodyOnly, noHeadline);
-
-      Encoding encoding = _encoder.GetEncodingFromString(transcodingResult.Charset);
-
-      // extract again if encoding didn't match or failed to retrieve
-      if (encoding != null && (
-        String.IsNullOrEmpty(response.Charset)
-        ||
-        !String.Equals(response.Charset, transcodingResult.Charset, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+      try
       {
-        transcodingResult = ExtractReadableInformation(uri, response.Stream, bodyOnly, noHeadline, encoding);
+        transcodingResult = ExtractReadableInformation(uri, response.Stream, bodyOnly, noHeadline);
+
+        encoding = _encoder.GetEncodingFromString(transcodingResult.Charset);
+
+        // extract again if encoding didn't match or failed to retrieve
+        if (encoding != null && (
+          String.IsNullOrEmpty(response.Charset)
+          ||
+          !String.Equals(response.Charset, transcodingResult.Charset, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)))
+        {
+          transcodingResult = ExtractReadableInformation(uri, response.Stream, bodyOnly, noHeadline, encoding);
+        }
+      }
+      catch (Exception exc)
+      {
+        throw new ReadException(exc.Message);
       }
 
       // get images from article
+      int id = 1;
+
       List<ArticleImage> images = transcodingResult.Images.Select<XElement, ArticleImage>(image =>
       {
         Uri imageUri;
@@ -162,6 +167,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp
 
         return new ArticleImage()
         {
+          ID = (id++).ToString(),
           Uri = imageUri,
           Title = image.GetAttributeValue("title", null),
           AlternativeText = image.GetAttributeValue("alt", null)
@@ -276,7 +282,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       }
       catch (HttpRequestException exc)
       {
-        throw new Exception(exc.Message, exc);
+        throw new ReadException(exc.Message, exc);
       }
 
       // validate HTTP response
@@ -284,7 +290,7 @@ namespace ReadSharp
       {
         string exceptionString = String.Format("Request error: {0} ({1})", response.ReasonPhrase, (int)response.StatusCode);
 
-        throw new Exception(exceptionString);
+        throw new ReadException(exceptionString);
       }
 
       // read response