diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5cf0957..b6c83e4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .idea
 logs
-.env
\ No newline at end of file
+.env
+__pycache__
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/text_extractor_api/routers/parser.py b/text_extractor_api/routers/parser.py
index 9d1ea6c..018c3b1 100644
--- a/text_extractor_api/routers/parser.py
+++ b/text_extractor_api/routers/parser.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ async def parse_pdf(request: ExtractTextRequest) -> Document:
             f.write(resp.content)
     except HTTPError as http_err:
         logger.exception("Error while downloading file.", exc_info=True)
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=500, detail=f"Error while downloading file [{http_err}]")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail=f"Error while downloading file [{http_err}]")
     except Timeout as http_timeout:
         logger.exception("Timeout while downloading file.", exc_info=True)
         raise HTTPException(status_code=408, detail=f"File download not completed [{http_timeout}]")
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ async def parse_pdf(request: ExtractTextRequest) -> Document:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=503, detail="The pdfact service is not reachable")
     except Exception as err:
         logger.exception(f"Error while parsing file. {str(err)}", exc_info=True)
-        raise HTTPException(status_code=502, detail="Error while parsing file")
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="Error while parsing file")
     finally:
         if os.path.exists(file_path):
             os.remove(file_path)