diff --git a/overviewer.py b/overviewer.py
index 3399424..9f58ed0 100755
--- a/overviewer.py
+++ b/overviewer.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def main():
             print "Git commit: %s" % overviewer_version.HASH
             print "built on %s" % overviewer_version.BUILD_DATE
             print "Build machine: %s %s" % (overviewer_version.BUILD_PLATFORM, overviewer_version.BUILD_OS)
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             print "version info not found"
             pass
         sys.exit(0)
diff --git a/overviewer_core/textures.py b/overviewer_core/textures.py
index 48a2f20..c7e58d8 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/textures.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/textures.py
@@ -2255,7 +2255,7 @@ def prepareBiomeData(worlddir):
         try:
             grasscolor = list(Image.open(os.path.join(biomeDir,"grasscolor.png")).getdata())
             foliagecolor = list(Image.open(os.path.join(biomeDir,"foliagecolor.png")).getdata())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             # clear anything that managed to get set
             grasscolor = None
             foliagecolor = None
@@ -2316,7 +2316,7 @@ def loadLightColor():
         lightcolor_checked = True
         try:
             lightcolor = list(_load_image("light_normal.png").getdata())
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             logging.warning("Light color image could not be found.")
             lightcolor = None
     return lightcolor
diff --git a/overviewer_core/util.py b/overviewer_core/util.py
index d6c8959..2e51a55 100644
--- a/overviewer_core/util.py
+++ b/overviewer_core/util.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def findGitHash():
         try:
             import overviewer_version
             return overviewer_version.HASH
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return "unknown"
 
 def findGitVersion():
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ def findGitVersion():
         # and 0.1.3 into 0.1.3
         line = '-'.join(line.split('-', 2)[:2])
         return line.strip()
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         try:
             import overviewer_version
             return overviewer_version.VERSION
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             return "unknown"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index cd1b7d0..2cfe65a 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ except AttributeError:
 
 try:
     pil_include = os.environ['PIL_INCLUDE_DIR'].split(os.pathsep)
-except:
+except Exception:
     pil_include = [ os.path.join(get_python_inc(plat_specific=1), 'Imaging') ]
     if not os.path.exists(pil_include[0]):
         pil_include = [ ]
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def generate_version_py():
         f = open("overviewer_core/overviewer_version.py", "w")
         f.write(outstr)
         f.close()
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         print "WARNING: failed to build overviewer_version file"
 
 class CustomSDist(sdist):