diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index f2fb5efac..57bea4172 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -554,12 +554,12 @@
             "source": {
                 "type": "git",
                 "url": "https://github.com/pmmp/SPL.git",
-                "reference": "4a94ec60efd514ef98e84a064fe1a4b8ee73bbad"
+                "reference": "091acb66c7927f2abe8960081d222142b1e6d17b"
             },
             "dist": {
                 "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmmp/SPL/zipball/4a94ec60efd514ef98e84a064fe1a4b8ee73bbad",
-                "reference": "4a94ec60efd514ef98e84a064fe1a4b8ee73bbad",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/pmmp/SPL/zipball/091acb66c7927f2abe8960081d222142b1e6d17b",
+                "reference": "091acb66c7927f2abe8960081d222142b1e6d17b",
                 "shasum": ""
             },
             "type": "library",
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
                 "source": "https://github.com/pmmp/SPL/tree/master",
                 "issues": "https://github.com/pmmp/SPL/issues"
             },
-            "time": "2019-10-28T12:26:23+00:00"
+            "time": "2019-10-29T11:57:45+00:00"
         }
     ],
     "packages-dev": [],
diff --git a/src/command/CommandReader.php b/src/command/CommandReader.php
index 70660c821..2143ad3c0 100644
--- a/src/command/CommandReader.php
+++ b/src/command/CommandReader.php
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace pocketmine\command;
 
 use pocketmine\snooze\SleeperNotifier;
 use pocketmine\thread\Thread;
+use pocketmine\thread\ThreadException;
 use pocketmine\utils\Utils;
 use function extension_loaded;
 use function fclose;
@@ -91,7 +92,7 @@ class CommandReader extends Thread{
 			$message = "STDIN is being piped from another location and the pipe is blocked, cannot stop safely";
 		}
 
-		throw new \ThreadException($message);
+		throw new ThreadException($message);
 	}
 
 	private function initStdin() : void{
diff --git a/src/thread/ThreadException.php b/src/thread/ThreadException.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2779c1795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/thread/ThreadException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ *
+ *  ____            _        _   __  __ _                  __  __ ____
+ * |  _ \ ___   ___| | _____| |_|  \/  (_)_ __   ___      |  \/  |  _ \
+ * | |_) / _ \ / __| |/ / _ \ __| |\/| | | '_ \ / _ \_____| |\/| | |_) |
+ * |  __/ (_) | (__|   <  __/ |_| |  | | | | | |  __/_____| |  | |  __/
+ * |_|   \___/ \___|_|\_\___|\__|_|  |_|_|_| |_|\___|     |_|  |_|_|
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * @author PocketMine Team
+ * @link http://www.pocketmine.net/
+ *
+ *
+*/
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace pocketmine\thread;
+
+class ThreadException extends \RuntimeException{
+
+}
diff --git a/src/thread/ThreadManager.php b/src/thread/ThreadManager.php
index 1387a8494..696b34825 100644
--- a/src/thread/ThreadManager.php
+++ b/src/thread/ThreadManager.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ThreadManager extends \Volatile{
 			try{
 				$thread->quit();
 				$logger->debug($thread->getThreadName() . " thread stopped successfully.");
-			}catch(\ThreadException $e){
+			}catch(ThreadException $e){
 				++$erroredThreads;
 				$logger->debug("Could not stop " . $thread->getThreadName() . " thread: " . $e->getMessage());
 			}