diff --git a/lib/simple_config.py b/lib/simple_config.py
index c8a0f751..2bbfe6e8 100644
--- a/lib/simple_config.py
+++ b/lib/simple_config.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class SimpleConfig:
             import ast
             try:
                 out = ast.literal_eval(out)
-            except:
+            except TypeError:
                 print "type error, using default value"
                 out = default