Use syntax that works on both py2.7 and py3

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/synapse/handlers/federation.py b/synapse/handlers/federation.py

index 6e50b0963e..27f2b40bfe 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/federation.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/federation.py
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ class FederationHandler(BaseHandler):
                         limit=100,
                         extremities=[e for e in extremities.keys()]
                     )
-                except SynapseError:
+                except SynapseError as e:
                     logger.info(
                         "Failed to backfill from %s because %s",
                         dom, e,