diff --git a/lib/utils/google.py b/lib/utils/google.py
index e675aa1af..5da738dc6 100644
--- a/lib/utils/google.py
+++ b/lib/utils/google.py
@@ -46,10 +46,8 @@ class Google(object):
         try:
             conn = self.opener.open("http://www.google.com/ncr")
             conn.info()  # retrieve session cookie
-        except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-            e.info()
-        except urllib2.URLError:
-            errMsg = "unable to connect to Google"
+        except Exception, ex:
+            errMsg = "unable to connect to Google ('%s')" % ex
             raise SqlmapConnectionException(errMsg)
 
     def search(self, dork):