diff --git a/telegrambot.py b/telegrambot.py
index 21ebb49..e16d336 100755
--- a/telegrambot.py
+++ b/telegrambot.py
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ def fish(bot, update):
 def getTweetID(tlid, cid):
  try:
   db = dbtools.dbHelper()
-  db.executeQuery("SELECT tid FROM timelines WHERE nr = %i AND cid = %i;" % (tlid, int(cid)))
+  db.executeQuery("SELECT tid FROM timelines WHERE nr = %i AND cid = %i;" % (int(tlid), int(cid)))
   return db.getNext()[0]
- except:
+ except Exception:
   raise ValueError("No such tweet in timeline")
 
 def explicitTweet(bot, update, args, reply = None):