diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
index 6628817ff9d..771a59fa28f 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/trml2pdf.py
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class _rml_canvas(object):
                 try:
                     u = urllib.urlopen(str(node.get('file')))
                     s = cStringIO.StringIO(u.read())
-                except:
+                except Exception:
                     u = file(os.path.join(self.path,str(node.get('file'))), 'rb')
                     s = cStringIO.StringIO(u.read())
         img = ImageReader(s)
@@ -788,7 +788,7 @@ class _rml_template(object):
             try :
                 gr = pt.findall('pageGraphics')\
                     or pt[1].findall('pageGraphics')
-            except :
+            except Exception: # FIXME: be even more specific, perhaps?
                 gr=''
             if len(gr):
                 drw = _rml_draw(self.localcontext,gr[0], self.doc, images=images, path=self.path, title=self.title)
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ def parseNode(rml, localcontext = {},fout=None, images={}, path='.',title=None):
     try:
         from customfonts import SetCustomFonts
         SetCustomFonts(r)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
     fp = cStringIO.StringIO()
     r.render(fp)
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ def parseString(rml, localcontext = {},fout=None, images={}, path='.',title=None
     try:
         from customfonts import SetCustomFonts
         SetCustomFonts(r)
-    except:
+    except Exception:
         pass
 
     if fout:
diff --git a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
index 9c781d302be..5e42278036f 100644
--- a/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
+++ b/bin/report/render/rml2pdf/utils.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def _child_get(node, self=None, tagname=None):
                             eval(n.get('rml_except'), {}, self.localcontext)
                         except GeneratorExit:
                             continue
-                        except:
+                        except Exception:
                             logging.getLogger('report').exception()
                             continue
                     if n.get('rml_tag'):
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _child_get(node, self=None, tagname=None):
                             yield n2
                         except GeneratorExit:
                             yield n
-                        except:
+                        except Exception:
                             logging.getLogger('report').exception()
                             yield n
                     else:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ def _child_get(node, self=None, tagname=None):
                 eval(n.get('rml_except'), {}, self.localcontext)
             except GeneratorExit:
                 continue
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 logging.getLogger('report').exception()
                 continue
         if self and self.localcontext and n.get('rml_tag'):
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def _child_get(node, self=None, tagname=None):
                 tagname = ''
             except GeneratorExit:
                 pass
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 logging.getLogger('report').exception()
                 pass
         if (tagname is None) or (n.tag==tagname):
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ def unit_get(size):
             decimal_point = '.'
             try:
                 decimal_point = locale.nl_langinfo(locale.RADIXCHAR)
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 decimal_point = locale.localeconv()['decimal_point']
 
             size = size.replace(decimal_point, '.')