@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
         url = nb_url + 'api/login'
         results = requests.post(url, data={"username": username, "password": password})
         print "results.cookies =", results.cookies
         print type(results.cookies)
         self.cookies = results.cookies
-        return simplejson.loads(results.content)
+        results = simplejson.loads(results.content)
+        if results["authenticated"] is False:
+            raise Exception("The newsblur credentials you provided are invalid")
+        return results
 
     def logout(self, ):
         '''
         Logout the currently logged in user.
         '''