diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/__init__.pyc b/planetstack/ec2_observer/__init__.pyc
index 3db20f7..6035459 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/__init__.pyc
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/__init__.pyc
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diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/backend.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/backend.py
index 5a00e71..fa4eedc 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/backend.py
+++ b/planetstack/ec2_observer/backend.py
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@
             event_manager = EventListener(wake_up=observer.wake_up)
             event_manager_thread = threading.Thread(target=event_manager.run)
             event_manager_thread.start()
-        except:
+        except Exception,e:
             logger.log_exc("Exception in child thread")
 
diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/event_manager.pyc b/planetstack/ec2_observer/event_manager.pyc
index 0cc333d..344d5e2 100644
--- a/planetstack/ec2_observer/event_manager.pyc
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diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.pyc b/planetstack/ec2_observer/syncstep.pyc
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index f4775af..0000000
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diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/toposort.pyc b/planetstack/ec2_observer/toposort.pyc
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index e788e86..0000000
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