diff --git a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
index a9c605a7063d98486a72952465815eada186fe78..9d8a512bee34fd7eb85429429295d0d3d7034982 100644
--- a/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
+++ b/modules/util/viirs_l1b_l2.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ def run_all(directory):
 
                 try:
                     run(l1b_h5f, None, l1b_tiles, l2_tiles, factor=1)
-                except:
+                except Exception as e:
+                    print(e)
                     l1b_h5f.close()
                     # l2_h5f.close()
                     continue