diff --git a/src/api/qualicharge/api/v1/__init__.py b/src/api/qualicharge/api/v1/__init__.py
index a69e3e4f..68d5345b 100644
--- a/src/api/qualicharge/api/v1/__init__.py
+++ b/src/api/qualicharge/api/v1/__init__.py
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
 """QualiCharge API v1."""
 
 import logging
-from typing import Annotated
+from typing import Annotated, Union
 
-from fastapi import FastAPI, Security
+from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Security, status
+from fastapi.responses import JSONResponse
 
 from qualicharge.auth.models import IDToken, User
 from qualicharge.auth.oidc import get_token
+from qualicharge.exceptions import OIDCAuthenticationError, OIDCProviderException
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 app = FastAPI(title="QualiCharge API (v1)")
 
 
+@app.exception_handler(OIDCAuthenticationError)
+@app.exception_handler(OIDCProviderException)
+async def authentication_exception_handler(
+    request: Request, exc: Union[OIDCAuthenticationError, OIDCProviderException]
+):
+    """Handle authentication errors."""
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=status.HTTP_403_FORBIDDEN,
+        content={"message": f"Authentication failed: {exc.name}"},
+    )
+
+
 @app.get("/whoami")
 async def me(token: Annotated[IDToken, Security(get_token)]) -> User:
     """A test endpoint to validate user authentication."""
diff --git a/src/api/qualicharge/auth/oidc.py b/src/api/qualicharge/auth/oidc.py
index 6461d39c..aba95a6c 100644
--- a/src/api/qualicharge/auth/oidc.py
+++ b/src/api/qualicharge/auth/oidc.py
@@ -104,9 +104,15 @@ def get_token(
                 "verify_aud": True,
             },
         )
-    except (ExpiredSignatureError, JWTError, JWTClaimsError) as exc:
+    except ExpiredSignatureError as exc:
+        logger.error("Token signature expired: %s", exc)
+        raise OIDCAuthenticationError("Token signature expired") from exc
+    except JWTError as exc:
         logger.error("Unable to decode the ID token: %s", exc)
         raise OIDCAuthenticationError("Unable to decode ID token") from exc
+    except JWTClaimsError as exc:
+        logger.error("Bad token claims: %s", exc)
+        raise OIDCAuthenticationError("Bad token claims") from exc
     logger.debug(f"{decoded_token=}")
 
     return IDToken(**decoded_token)
diff --git a/src/api/qualicharge/exceptions.py b/src/api/qualicharge/exceptions.py
index d7e4e1de..a299f6d3 100644
--- a/src/api/qualicharge/exceptions.py
+++ b/src/api/qualicharge/exceptions.py
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 """QualiCharge exceptions."""
 
 
-class OIDCAuthenticationError(Exception):
+class QualiChargeExceptionMixin:
+    """A mixin for QualiCharge exceptions."""
+
+    def __init__(self, name: str):
+        """Add name property for our exception handler."""
+        self.name = name
+
+
+class OIDCAuthenticationError(QualiChargeExceptionMixin, Exception):
     """Raised when the OIDC authentication flow fails."""
 
 
-class OIDCProviderException(Exception):
+class OIDCProviderException(QualiChargeExceptionMixin, Exception):
     """Raised when the OIDC provider does not behave as expected."""
diff --git a/src/api/tests/api/v1/test_root.py b/src/api/tests/api/v1/test_root.py
index 6a4cb9ac..a8babc7c 100644
--- a/src/api/tests/api/v1/test_root.py
+++ b/src/api/tests/api/v1/test_root.py
@@ -15,3 +15,5 @@ def test_whoami_auth(client_auth):
     response = client_auth.get("/whoami")
     assert response.status_code == status.HTTP_200_OK
     assert response.json() == {"email": "john@doe.com"}
+
+# FIXME add tests with invalid tokens
diff --git a/src/api/tests/test_auth.py b/src/api/tests/test_auth.py
index f1c706a3..17f93541 100644
--- a/src/api/tests/test_auth.py
+++ b/src/api/tests/test_auth.py
@@ -96,5 +96,5 @@ def test_get_token(httpx_mock, monkeypatch, id_token_factory: IDTokenFactory):
             key="secret",
         ),
     )
-    with pytest.raises(OIDCAuthenticationError, match="Unable to decode ID token"):
+    with pytest.raises(OIDCAuthenticationError, match="Token signature expired"):
         get_token(security_scopes=SecurityScopes(), token=bearer_token)