diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/QueueStatsService.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/QueueStatsService.java
index d9a3bdc..71e1534 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/QueueStatsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/QueueStatsService.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
 import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static java.lang.Long.compare;
 import static java.lang.System.currentTimeMillis;
 import static java.util.Collections.emptyList;
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ public QueueStatsService(
 
     public <CTX> void getQueueStats(CTX mCtx, GetQueueStatsMentor<CTX> mentor) {
         if (!incomingRequestQuota.tryAcquire()) {
-            Throwable ex = exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 429,
+            Throwable ex = exceptionFactory.newReplyException(429,
                     "Server too busy to handle yet-another-queue-stats-request now", null);
             vertx.runOnContext(v -> mentor.onError(ex, mCtx));
             return;
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/AbstractQueueAction.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/AbstractQueueAction.java
index bb634fd..3de2a82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/AbstractQueueAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/AbstractQueueAction.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.*;
 
 public abstract class AbstractQueueAction implements QueueAction {
@@ -61,8 +60,8 @@ protected Handler<Throwable> replyErrorMessageHandler(Message<JsonObject> event)
         };
     }
 
-    protected void handleFail(Message<JsonObject> event, String message, Throwable cause) {
-        event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, null, cause));
+    protected void handleFail(Message<JsonObject> event, String msg, Throwable cause) {
+        event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(msg, cause));
     }
 
     protected long getMaxAgeTimestamp() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/GetQueueItemsAction.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/GetQueueItemsAction.java
index e52d02a..4069ff1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/GetQueueItemsAction.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/action/GetQueueItemsAction.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.*;
 
 public class GetQueueItemsAction extends AbstractQueueAction {
@@ -38,8 +37,8 @@ public void execute(Message<JsonObject> event) {
                 redisAPI.lrange(keyListRange, "0", String.valueOf(maxQueueItemCountIndex),
                         new GetQueueItemsHandler(event, queueItemCount));
             } else {
-                event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0,
-                        "Operation getQueueItems failed to extract queueItemCount", null));
+                event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(
+                    "Operation getQueueItems failed to extract queueItemCount", null));
             }
         }).onFailure(throwable -> handleFail(event, "Operation getQueueItems failed", throwable)))
                 .onFailure(throwable -> handleFail(event, "Operation getQueueItems failed", throwable));
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/RedisQuesExceptionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/RedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
index 493b5e4..1787ed6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/RedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/RedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.swisspush.redisques.exception;
 
 import io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyException;
-import io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure;
 
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +29,11 @@ public interface RedisQuesExceptionFactory {
 
     public RuntimeException newRuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause);
 
-    public ReplyException newReplyException(ReplyFailure failureType, int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause);
+    default ReplyException newReplyException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+        return newReplyException(0, msg, cause);
+    }
+
+    public ReplyException newReplyException(int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause);
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/ThriftyRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/ThriftyRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
index 805cc29..c4ab21a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/ThriftyRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/ThriftyRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@ public RuntimeException newRuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ReplyException newReplyException(ReplyFailure failureType, int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause) {
+    public ReplyException newReplyException(int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause) {
         // There was once a fix in vertx for this (https://github.com/eclipse-vertx/vert.x/issues/4840)
         // but for whatever reason in our case we still see stack-trace recordings. Passing
         // this subclass to {@link io.vertx.core.eventbus.Message#reply(Object)} seems to
         // do the trick.
         if (msg == null && cause != null) msg = cause.getMessage();
-        return new ReplyException(failureType, failureCode, msg) {
+        return new ReplyException(ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE, failureCode, msg) {
             @Override public Throwable fillInStackTrace() { return this; }
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/WastefulRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/WastefulRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
index a3190d5..7bf32e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/WastefulRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/exception/WastefulRedisQuesExceptionFactory.java
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ public RuntimeException newRuntimeException(String message, Throwable cause) {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public ReplyException newReplyException(ReplyFailure failureType, int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause) {
+    public ReplyException newReplyException(int failureCode, String msg, Throwable cause) {
         if (msg == null && cause != null) msg = cause.getMessage();
-        ReplyException ex = new ReplyException(failureType, failureCode, msg);
+        ReplyException ex = new ReplyException(ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE, failureCode, msg);
         if (cause != null) ex.initCause(cause);
         return ex;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/AddQueueItemHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/AddQueueItemHandler.java
index 32baa50..015b26c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/AddQueueItemHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/AddQueueItemHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.redisques.exception.RedisQuesExceptionFactory;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.OK;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.STATUS;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
         if(reply.succeeded()){
             event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, OK));
         } else {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, null, reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(null, reply.cause()));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/DeleteLockHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/DeleteLockHandler.java
index 72c50d1..89db14d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/DeleteLockHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/DeleteLockHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.redisques.exception.RedisQuesExceptionFactory;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.OK;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.STATUS;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
         if (reply.succeeded()) {
             event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, OK));
         } else {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, null, reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(null, reply.cause()));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetLockHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetLockHandler.java
index 8ed7a90..8dd4d38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetLockHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetLockHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.redisques.exception.RedisQuesExceptionFactory;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.NO_SUCH_LOCK;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.OK;
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
                 event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, NO_SUCH_LOCK));
             }
         } else {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, null, reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(null, reply.cause()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueueItemHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueueItemHandler.java
index 08ab385..d99b355 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueueItemHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueueItemHandler.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public GetQueueItemHandler(Message<JsonObject> event, RedisQuesExceptionFactory
     @Override
     public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
         if(reply.failed()) {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, null, reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(null, reply.cause()));
         } else if (reply.result() != null) {
             event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, OK).put(VALUE, reply.result().toString()));
         } else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueuesItemsCountHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueuesItemsCountHandler.java
index 5e5a0ff..589b35a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueuesItemsCountHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/GetQueuesItemsCountHandler.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 import io.vertx.core.Promise;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.eventbus.Message;
-import io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonArray;
 import io.vertx.core.json.JsonObject;
 import io.vertx.redis.client.Command;
@@ -87,7 +86,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> handleQueues) {
             return;
         }
         if (redisRequestQuota.availablePermits() <= 0) {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 429,
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(429,
                     "Too many simultaneous '" + GetQueuesItemsCountHandler.class.getSimpleName() + "' requests in progress", null));
             return;
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/PutLockHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/PutLockHandler.java
index eef3d21..8229f90 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/PutLockHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/PutLockHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.redisques.exception.RedisQuesExceptionFactory;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.OK;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.STATUS;
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
         if(reply.succeeded()){
             event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, OK));
         } else {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, reply.cause().getMessage(), reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(reply.cause().getMessage(), reply.cause()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/ReplaceQueueItemHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/ReplaceQueueItemHandler.java
index 2c796f9..bcc43cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/ReplaceQueueItemHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/swisspush/redisques/handler/ReplaceQueueItemHandler.java
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.swisspush.redisques.exception.RedisQuesExceptionFactory;
 
-import static io.vertx.core.eventbus.ReplyFailure.RECIPIENT_FAILURE;
 import static org.slf4j.LoggerFactory.getLogger;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.ERROR;
 import static org.swisspush.redisques.util.RedisquesAPI.OK;
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ public void handle(AsyncResult<Response> reply) {
         } else if(checkRedisErrorCodes(reply.cause().getMessage())) {
             event.reply(new JsonObject().put(STATUS, ERROR));
         } else {
-            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(RECIPIENT_FAILURE, 0, reply.cause().getMessage(), reply.cause()));
+            event.reply(exceptionFactory.newReplyException(null, reply.cause()));
         }
     }