diff --git a/base/dynamicobject.cpp b/base/dynamicobject.cpp
index f9be99193..13d82081d 100644
--- a/base/dynamicobject.cpp
+++ b/base/dynamicobject.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ DynamicObject::DynamicObject(const Dictionary::Ptr& serializedObject)
 	RegisterAttribute("methods", Attribute_Config);
 
 	if (!serializedObject->Contains("configTx"))
-		throw invalid_argument("Serialized object must contain a config snapshot.");
+		throw_exception(invalid_argument("Serialized object must contain a config snapshot."));
 
 	/* apply config state from the config item/remote update;
 	 * The DynamicObject::Create function takes care of restoring
@@ -406,7 +406,8 @@ void DynamicObject::DumpObjects(const String& filename)
 		}
 	}
 
-	rename(tempFilename.CStr(), filename.CStr());
+	if (rename(tempFilename.CStr(), filename.CStr()) < 0)
+		throw_exception(PosixException("rename() failed", errno));
 }
 
 void DynamicObject::RestoreObjects(const String& filename)
diff --git a/base/object.cpp b/base/object.cpp
index 846912f6a..da68ed0fa 100644
--- a/base/object.cpp
+++ b/base/object.cpp
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ void Object::PrintMemoryProfile(void)
 	}
 
 	dictfp.close();
-	rename("dictionaries.dump.tmp", "dictionaries.dump");
+	if (rename("dictionaries.dump.tmp", "dictionaries.dump") < 0)
+		throw_exception(PosixException("rename() failed", errno));
 
 	String type;
 	int count;
diff --git a/base/utility.cpp b/base/utility.cpp
index 79ae91ad8..710655d90 100644
--- a/base/utility.cpp
+++ b/base/utility.cpp
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ double Utility::GetTime(void)
 	struct timeval tv;
 
 	if (gettimeofday(&tv, NULL) < 0)
-		throw PosixException("gettimeofday() failed", errno);
+		throw_exception(PosixException("gettimeofday() failed", errno));
 
 	return tv.tv_sec + tv.tv_usec / 1000000.0;
 #endif /* _WIN32 */