diff --git a/examples/utils/dictpath.py b/examples/utils/dictpath.py
index 756f64c..2da648c 100644
--- a/examples/utils/dictpath.py
+++ b/examples/utils/dictpath.py
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@
 _PARSED_PATH_CACHE = {}
 
 
+class DictPathException(Exception):
+  """Represents exceptions raised by the dictpath module."""
+
+
 def iterate(data, path):
   """Generator that returns values in data matching the given JsonPath."""
 
@@ -57,5 +61,5 @@ def get(data, path, default=None):
   if not result:
     return default
   if len(result) > 1:
-    raise Exception(f'JsonPath {path} returning more than one value')
+    raise DictPathException(f'JsonPath {path} returning more than one value')
   return result[0]
diff --git a/pylintrc b/pylintrc
index be7798e..140a876 100644
--- a/pylintrc
+++ b/pylintrc
@@ -424,6 +424,6 @@ valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
 
 # Exceptions that will emit a warning when being caught. Defaults to
 # "Exception"
-overgeneral-exceptions=StandardError,
-                       Exception,
-                       BaseException
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.StandardError,
+                       builtins.Exception,
+                       builtins.BaseException
diff --git a/tests/test_iterator.py b/tests/test_iterator.py
index 65c0ade..0ac194a 100644
--- a/tests/test_iterator.py
+++ b/tests/test_iterator.py
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@
 """Tests features defined in vt/iterator.py."""
 
 from collections import abc
-
+import json
 import pytest
 
-from vt import Client
+import vt
 
 
 def new_client(httpserver):
-  return Client('dummy_api_key',
+  return vt.Client('dummy_api_key',
       host='http://' + httpserver.host + ':' + str(httpserver.port))
 
 
@@ -161,3 +161,23 @@ async def test_anext(httpserver, iterator_response):  # pylint: disable=unused-a
     # trying to iterate over next element must not work
     async for obj in it:
       pytest.fail('Iteration should already be finished')
+
+
+def test_apierror_iterator(httpserver):
+  """Tests errors are handled gracefully when iterating over a collection."""
+  expected_error = {
+      'data': {'error': 'InvalidArgumentError', 'message': 'Invalid args'}}
+
+  httpserver.expect_request('/api/v3/dummy_collection/foo').respond_with_json(
+      expected_error, status=400)
+
+  result = []
+  with new_client(httpserver) as client:
+    it = client.iterator('/dummy_collection/foo', limit=10, batch_size=3)
+
+    with pytest.raises(vt.APIError) as e:
+      for i in it:
+        result.append(i)
+
+    assert e.value.code == 'ClientError'
+    assert json.loads(e.value.message)['data'] == expected_error['data']
diff --git a/vt/client.py b/vt/client.py
index b3d6ab3..3dd6f3d 100644
--- a/vt/client.py
+++ b/vt/client.py
@@ -259,9 +259,6 @@ def __enter__(self):
   def __exit__(self, item_type, value, traceback):
     self.close()
 
-  def __del__(self):
-    self.close()
-
   def _extract_data_from_json(self, json_response):
     if not 'data' in json_response:
       raise ValueError('response does not returns a data field')