diff --git a/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFMpegDriver.php b/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFMpegDriver.php
index 12b64c8..62aae29 100644
--- a/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFMpegDriver.php
+++ b/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFMpegDriver.php
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ namespace FFMpeg\Driver;
 
 use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\AbstractBinary;
 use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Configuration;
+use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\ConfigurationInterface;
+use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException as BinaryDriverExecutableNotFound;
+use FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class FFMpegDriver extends AbstractBinary
@@ -33,8 +36,22 @@ class FFMpegDriver extends AbstractBinary
      *
      * @return FFMpegDriver
      */
-    public static function create(LoggerInterface $logger, $configuration)
+    public static function create(LoggerInterface $logger = null, $configuration = array())
     {
-        return static::load(array('avconv', 'ffmpeg'), $logger, $configuration);
+        if (!$configuration instanceof ConfigurationInterface) {
+            $configuration = new Configuration($configuration);
+        }
+
+        $binaries = $configuration->get('ffmpeg.binaries', array('avconv', 'ffmpeg'));
+
+        if (!$configuration->has('timeout')) {
+            $configuration->set('timeout', 300);
+        }
+
+        try {
+            return static::load($binaries, $logger, $configuration);
+        } catch (BinaryDriverExecutableNotFound $e) {
+            throw new ExecutableNotFoundException('Unable to load FFMpeg', $e->getCode(), $e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFProbeDriver.php b/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFProbeDriver.php
index 00c4892..4063611 100644
--- a/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFProbeDriver.php
+++ b/src/FFMpeg/Driver/FFProbeDriver.php
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ namespace FFMpeg\Driver;
 use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\AbstractBinary;
 use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Configuration;
 use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\ConfigurationInterface;
+use Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException as BinaryDriverExecutableNotFound;
+use FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException;
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 
 class FFProbeDriver extends AbstractBinary
@@ -42,6 +44,10 @@ class FFProbeDriver extends AbstractBinary
 
         $binaries = $configuration->get('ffprobe.binaries', array('avprobe', 'ffprobe'));
 
-        return static::load($binaries, $logger, $configuration);
+        try {
+            return static::load($binaries, $logger, $configuration);
+        } catch (BinaryDriverExecutableNotFound $e) {
+            throw new ExecutableNotFoundException('Unable to load FFProbe', $e->getCode(), $e);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/FFMpeg/Exception/ExecutableNotFoundException.php b/src/FFMpeg/Exception/ExecutableNotFoundException.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28736d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/FFMpeg/Exception/ExecutableNotFoundException.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of PHP-FFmpeg.
+ *
+ * (c) Alchemy <info@alchemy.fr>
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace FFMpeg\Exception;
+
+class ExecutableNotFoundException extends RuntimeException
+{
+}
diff --git a/src/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.php b/src/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.php
index f619af7..54aa300 100644
--- a/src/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.php
+++ b/src/FFMpeg/FFMpeg.php
@@ -115,22 +115,10 @@ class FFMpeg
      */
     public static function create($configuration = array(), LoggerInterface $logger = null, FFProbe $probe = null)
     {
-        if (!$configuration instanceof ConfigurationInterface) {
-            $configuration = new Configuration($configuration);
-        }
-
-        $binaries = $configuration->get('ffmpeg.binaries', array('avconv', 'ffmpeg'));
-
-        if (!$configuration->has('timeout')) {
-            $configuration->set('timeout', 300);
-        }
-
-        $driver = FFMpegDriver::load($binaries, $logger, $configuration);
-
         if (null === $probe) {
             $probe = FFProbe::create($configuration, $logger, null);
         }
 
-        return new static($driver, $probe);
+        return new static(FFMpegDriver::create($logger, $configuration), $probe);
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFMpegDriverTest.php b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFMpegDriverTest.php
index 3463c81..26a2b34 100644
--- a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFMpegDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFMpegDriverTest.php
@@ -40,4 +40,12 @@ class FFMpegDriverTest extends TestCase
         $ffmpeg = FFMpegDriver::create($this->getLoggerMock(), $conf);
         $this->assertEquals($conf, $ffmpeg->getConfiguration());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function testCreateFailureThrowsAnException()
+    {
+        FFMpegDriver::create($this->getLoggerMock(), array('ffmpeg.binaries' => '/path/to/nowhere'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFProbeDriverTest.php b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFProbeDriverTest.php
index 3ec3de5..62d2cd0 100644
--- a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFProbeDriverTest.php
+++ b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/Driver/FFProbeDriverTest.php
@@ -40,4 +40,12 @@ class FFProbeDriverTest extends TestCase
         $ffprobe = FFProbeDriver::create($conf, $this->getLoggerMock());
         $this->assertEquals($conf, $ffprobe->getConfiguration());
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @expectedException FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException
+     */
+    public function testCreateFailureThrowsAnException()
+    {
+        FFProbeDriver::create(array('ffprobe.binaries' => '/path/to/nowhere'));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/FFMpegServiceProviderTest.php b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/FFMpegServiceProviderTest.php
index 371133e..ac9f8a9 100644
--- a/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/FFMpegServiceProviderTest.php
+++ b/tests/FFMpeg/Tests/FFMpegServiceProviderTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class FFMpegServiceProviderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             )
         ));
 
-        $this->setExpectedException('Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException', 'Executable not found, proposed : /path/to/ffmpeg');
+        $this->setExpectedException('FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException', 'Unable to load FFMpeg');
         $app['ffmpeg'];
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class FFMpegServiceProviderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             )
         ));
 
-        $this->setExpectedException('Alchemy\BinaryDriver\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException', 'Executable not found, proposed : /path/to/ffprobe');
+        $this->setExpectedException('FFMpeg\Exception\ExecutableNotFoundException', 'Unable to load FFProbe');
         $app['ffmpeg.ffprobe'];
     }
 }