diff --git a/src/common/owl_error.ts b/src/common/owl_error.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..180fdd2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/owl_error.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Custom error class that wraps error that happen in the owl lifecycle
+export class OwlError extends Error {
+  cause?: any;
+}
diff --git a/src/compiler/code_generator.ts b/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
index 3c0d6498..0220afb0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/code_generator.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import {
   Attrs,
   EventHandlers,
 } from "./parser";
-import { OwlError } from "../runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 type BlockType = "block" | "text" | "multi" | "list" | "html" | "comment";
 const whitespaceRE = /\s+/g;
diff --git a/src/compiler/index.ts b/src/compiler/index.ts
index d79e9534..16683bc1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/index.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { TemplateSet } from "../runtime/template_set";
 import type { BDom } from "../runtime/blockdom";
 import { CodeGenerator, Config } from "./code_generator";
 import { parse } from "./parser";
-import { OwlError } from "../runtime";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 export type Template = (context: any, vnode: any, key?: string) => BDom;
 
diff --git a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
index d9e866b1..af531df0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/inline_expressions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "../runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 /**
  * Owl QWeb Expression Parser
diff --git a/src/compiler/parser.ts b/src/compiler/parser.ts
index 5576f294..555835a0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/parser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/parser.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "../runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // AST Type definition
diff --git a/src/runtime/app.ts b/src/runtime/app.ts
index 3abba10f..9e8a99f3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/app.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/app.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { version } from "../version";
 import { Component, ComponentConstructor, Props } from "./component";
 import { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
-import { nodeErrorHandlers, OwlError, handleError } from "./error_handling";
+import { nodeErrorHandlers, handleError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import { Fiber, RootFiber, MountOptions } from "./fibers";
 import { Scheduler } from "./scheduler";
 import { validateProps } from "./template_helpers";
diff --git a/src/runtime/blockdom/block_compiler.ts b/src/runtime/blockdom/block_compiler.ts
index e67d7132..cbc91e7d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/blockdom/block_compiler.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/blockdom/block_compiler.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "../error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../../common/owl_error";
 import { attrsSetter, attrsUpdater, createAttrUpdater, setClass, updateClass } from "./attributes";
 import { config } from "./config";
 import { createEventHandler } from "./events";
diff --git a/src/runtime/component_node.ts b/src/runtime/component_node.ts
index 98f580a4..bffc0fc5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/component_node.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/component_node.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import type { App, Env } from "./app";
 import { BDom, VNode } from "./blockdom";
 import { Component, ComponentConstructor, Props } from "./component";
-import { fibersInError, OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { fibersInError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import { Fiber, makeChildFiber, makeRootFiber, MountFiber, MountOptions } from "./fibers";
 import { clearReactivesForCallback, getSubscriptions, reactive, targets } from "./reactivity";
 import { STATUS } from "./status";
diff --git a/src/runtime/error_handling.ts b/src/runtime/error_handling.ts
index 27354756..275e138b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/error_handling.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/error_handling.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
 import type { Fiber } from "./fibers";
 
-// Custom error class that wraps error that happen in the owl lifecycle
-export class OwlError extends Error {
-  cause?: any;
-}
-
 // Maps fibers to thrown errors
 export const fibersInError: WeakMap<Fiber, any> = new WeakMap();
 export const nodeErrorHandlers: WeakMap<ComponentNode, ((error: any) => void)[]> = new WeakMap();
diff --git a/src/runtime/event_handling.ts b/src/runtime/event_handling.ts
index d7607b33..eed46b92 100644
--- a/src/runtime/event_handling.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/event_handling.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { filterOutModifiersFromData } from "./blockdom/config";
 import { STATUS } from "./status";
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 export const mainEventHandler = (data: any, ev: Event, currentTarget?: EventTarget | null) => {
   const { data: _data, modifiers } = filterOutModifiersFromData(data);
diff --git a/src/runtime/fibers.ts b/src/runtime/fibers.ts
index ca43a502..13b2124d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/fibers.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/fibers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { BDom, mount } from "./blockdom";
 import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
-import { fibersInError, OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { fibersInError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import { STATUS } from "./status";
 
 export function makeChildFiber(node: ComponentNode, parent: Fiber): Fiber {
diff --git a/src/runtime/index.ts b/src/runtime/index.ts
index 1813ce77..651263a9 100644
--- a/src/runtime/index.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/index.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export {
   onError,
 } from "./lifecycle_hooks";
 export { validate, validateType } from "./validation";
-export { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+export { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 export const __info__ = {
   version: App.version,
diff --git a/src/runtime/lifecycle_hooks.ts b/src/runtime/lifecycle_hooks.ts
index 4074d3fd..0c98cbe8 100644
--- a/src/runtime/lifecycle_hooks.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/lifecycle_hooks.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { getCurrent } from "./component_node";
-import { nodeErrorHandlers, OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { nodeErrorHandlers } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 const TIMEOUT = Symbol("timeout");
 function wrapError(fn: (...args: any[]) => any, hookName: string) {
diff --git a/src/runtime/portal.ts b/src/runtime/portal.ts
index 37ba8a32..72d40538 100644
--- a/src/runtime/portal.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/portal.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { onMounted, onWillUnmount } from "./lifecycle_hooks";
 import { BDom, text, VNode } from "./blockdom";
 import { Component } from "./component";
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 const VText: any = text("").constructor;
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/reactivity.ts b/src/runtime/reactivity.ts
index f5e75d2a..210e38ec 100644
--- a/src/runtime/reactivity.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/reactivity.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Callback } from "./utils";
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 // Special key to subscribe to, to be notified of key creation/deletion
 const KEYCHANGES = Symbol("Key changes");
diff --git a/src/runtime/template_helpers.ts b/src/runtime/template_helpers.ts
index 7c553b07..242dcf2b 100644
--- a/src/runtime/template_helpers.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/template_helpers.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { html } from "./blockdom/index";
 import { isOptional, validateSchema } from "./validation";
 import type { ComponentConstructor } from "./component";
 import { markRaw } from "./reactivity";
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import type { ComponentNode } from "./component_node";
 
 const ObjectCreate = Object.create;
diff --git a/src/runtime/template_set.ts b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
index 83bc4450..4bcbe43e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/template_set.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/template_set.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { comment, createBlock, html, list, multi, text, toggler } from "./blockd
 import { getCurrent } from "./component_node";
 import { Portal, portalTemplate } from "./portal";
 import { helpers } from "./template_helpers";
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 
 const bdom = { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, comment };
 
diff --git a/src/runtime/utils.ts b/src/runtime/utils.ts
index 143e76d8..7aa9b112 100644
--- a/src/runtime/utils.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 export type Callback = () => void;
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/runtime/validation.ts b/src/runtime/validation.ts
index 8f657f7b..29063fd4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/validation.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/validation.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "./error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../common/owl_error";
 import { toRaw } from "./reactivity";
 
 type BaseType =
diff --git a/tests/components/error_handling.test.ts b/tests/components/error_handling.test.ts
index a444125c..b5fecf5a 100644
--- a/tests/components/error_handling.test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/error_handling.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import {
   useLogLifecycle,
   nextAppError,
 } from "../helpers";
-import { OwlError } from "../../src/runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../../src/common/owl_error";
 
 let fixture: HTMLElement;
 
diff --git a/tests/components/style_class.test.ts b/tests/components/style_class.test.ts
index d2d0db5f..e57dcd5e 100644
--- a/tests/components/style_class.test.ts
+++ b/tests/components/style_class.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "../../src/runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../../src/common/owl_error";
 import { App, Component, mount, onMounted, useState, xml } from "../../src";
 import { makeTestFixture, nextAppError, nextTick, snapshotEverything } from "../helpers";
 
diff --git a/tests/helpers.ts b/tests/helpers.ts
index eaef3d8b..c28b2c17 100644
--- a/tests/helpers.ts
+++ b/tests/helpers.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { helpers } from "../src/runtime/template_helpers";
 import { TemplateSet, globalTemplates } from "../src/runtime/template_set";
 import { BDom } from "../src/runtime/blockdom";
 import { compile } from "../src/compiler";
-import { OwlError } from "../src/runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../src/common/owl_error";
 
 const mount = blockDom.mount;
 
diff --git a/tests/misc/portal.test.ts b/tests/misc/portal.test.ts
index 8e5d0e87..e07d524f 100644
--- a/tests/misc/portal.test.ts
+++ b/tests/misc/portal.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { OwlError } from "../../src/runtime/error_handling";
+import { OwlError } from "../../src/common/owl_error";
 import {
   App,
   Component,