diff --git a/src/main/java/com/profiler/common/util/PropertyUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/profiler/common/util/PropertyUtils.java
index 255baf8b9..c4f906a92 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/profiler/common/util/PropertyUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/profiler/common/util/PropertyUtils.java
@@ -1,25 +1,24 @@
 package com.profiler.common.util;
 
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 public class PropertyUtils {
 
-    public static Properties readProperties(String propertyName) {
+    public static Properties readProperties(String propertyName) throws IOException {
         return readProperties(propertyName, PropertyUtils.class.getClassLoader());
     }
 
-    public static Properties readProperties(String propertyName, ClassLoader cl) {
+    public static Properties readProperties(String propertyName, ClassLoader cl) throws IOException {
 		Properties properties = new Properties();
 		InputStream stream = cl.getResourceAsStream(propertyName);
 		if (stream == null) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(propertyName + " not found.");
+			throw new FileNotFoundException(propertyName + " not found.");
 		}
 		try {
 			properties.load(stream);
-		} catch (IOException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(propertyName + " load fail. Cause:" + e.getMessage(), e);
 		} finally {
             try {
                 stream.close();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/profiler/common/hbase/HBaseClientTest.java b/src/test/java/com/profiler/common/hbase/HBaseClientTest.java
index bcfc75e84..fda0f37e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/profiler/common/hbase/HBaseClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/profiler/common/hbase/HBaseClientTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package com.profiler.common.hbase;
 
-import java.util.*;
-
+import com.profiler.common.hbase.HBaseQuery.HbaseColumn;
 import com.profiler.common.util.PropertyUtils;
 import junit.framework.Assert;
-
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HColumnDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.HTableDescriptor;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Put;
@@ -13,7 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.AfterClass;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import com.profiler.common.hbase.HBaseQuery.HbaseColumn;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.*;
 
 public class HBaseClientTest {
 
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ public class HBaseClientTest {
 	private static HBaseClient client;
 
 	@BeforeClass
-	public static void init() {
+	public static void init() throws IOException {
         Properties properties = PropertyUtils.readProperties("test-hbase.properties");
         client = new HBaseClient(properties);
 		if (client.isTableExists(TABLE_NAME)) {