diff --git a/ckan/lib/cli.py b/ckan/lib/cli.py
index d9411982956..3cc819fed70 100644
--- a/ckan/lib/cli.py
+++ b/ckan/lib/cli.py
@@ -1492,7 +1492,7 @@ def profile_url(url):
                 print 'App error: ', url.strip()
             except KeyboardInterrupt:
                 raise
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 error(traceback.format_exc())
 
         output_filename = 'ckan%s.profile' % re.sub('[/?]', '.', url.replace('/', '.'))