diff --git a/lib/utils/hash.py b/lib/utils/hash.py
index c29e7b611..6358f9302 100644
--- a/lib/utils/hash.py
+++ b/lib/utils/hash.py
@@ -507,8 +507,8 @@ def _bruteProcessVariantA(attack_info, hash_regex, suffix, retVal, proc_id, proc
             except (UnicodeEncodeError, UnicodeDecodeError):
                 pass  # ignore possible encoding problems caused by some words in custom dictionaries
 
-            except:
-                warnMsg = "there was a problem while hashing entry: %s. " % repr(word)
+            except Exception, e:
+                warnMsg = "there was a problem while hashing entry: %s (%s). " % (repr(word), e)
                 warnMsg += "Please report by e-mail to %s" % ML
                 logger.critical(warnMsg)