diff --git a/src/morethantext/error.rs b/src/morethantext/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5da4967
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/morethantext/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+use std::{error::Error, fmt};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct MTTError {
+    detail: String,
+}
+
+impl MTTError {
+    fn new(detail: &str) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            detail: detail.to_string(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for MTTError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "{}", self.detail)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Error for MTTError {}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod errors {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn new_error() {
+        let detail = "new error";
+        let err = MTTError::new(detail);
+        assert!(
+            err.to_string() == detail,
+            "\n\nGot:  {}\nWant: {}\n\n",
+            err.to_string(),
+            detail
+        );
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/morethantext/fieldtype.rs b/src/morethantext/fieldtype.rs
index ec20675..f39846b 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/fieldtype.rs
+++ b/src/morethantext/fieldtype.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ pub enum FieldType {
     StaticString(StaticString),
 }
 
+impl FieldType {
+    pub fn new(ftype: &str) -> FieldType {
+        StaticString::new()
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Display for FieldType {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
@@ -32,6 +38,17 @@ impl fmt::Display for StaticString {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod fieldtypes {
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn create_fieldtype() {
+        let ftype = FieldType::new("StaticString");
+        assert!(ftype.to_string() == "", "Should return an empty string.");
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod staticstrings {
     use super::*;
diff --git a/src/morethantext/mod.rs b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
index 7f9936c..ce91f5d 100644
--- a/src/morethantext/mod.rs
+++ b/src/morethantext/mod.rs
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ impl Table {
 use async_std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+pub mod error;
 mod fieldtype;
 
+use error::MTTError;
 use fieldtype::{FieldType, StaticString};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]