diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 51766a5..e7f6ebf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+- 0.1.12
+	* Raise correct exception from index store exists check
+- 0.1.11
+	* Allow for sync skip in store instantiation
+- 0.1.10
+	* Improve logging
+- 0.1.9
+	* Upgrade deps
+- 0.1.8
+	* Upgrade deps
+- 0.1.7 
+	* Improve logging
 - 0.1.6
 	* Sort upcoming queue item chronologically
 	* Add unit testing for upcoming query method
diff --git a/chainqueue/store/fs.py b/chainqueue/store/fs.py
index 3bb3a45..e3c0d80 100644
--- a/chainqueue/store/fs.py
+++ b/chainqueue/store/fs.py
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ import logging
 from leveldir.hex import HexDir
 
 # local imports
-from chainqueue.error import DuplicateTxError
+from chainqueue.error import (
+        DuplicateTxError,
+        NotLocalTxError,
+        )
 
 logg = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -22,7 +25,7 @@ class IndexStore(HexDir):
         existing = None
         try:
             existing = self.get(k)
-        except FileNotFoundError:
+        except NotLocalTxError:
             pass
         return existing != None
 
@@ -37,7 +40,14 @@ class IndexStore(HexDir):
 
     def get(self, k):
         fp = self.store.to_filepath(k)
-        f = open(fp, 'rb')
+        f = None
+        err = None
+        try:
+            f = open(fp, 'rb')
+        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+            err = e
+        if err != None:
+            raise NotLocalTxError(err)
         v = f.read()
         f.close()
         return v.decode('utf-8')
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 8dd021d..705817d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = chainqueue
-version = 0.1.10
+version = 0.1.12
 description = Generic blockchain transaction queue control
 author = Louis Holbrook
 author_email = dev@holbrook.no