Use syntax that works on both py2.7 and py3

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 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,
diff --git a/synapse/handlers/register.py b/synapse/handlers/register.py

index c5e5b28811..e2ace6a4e5 100644
--- a/synapse/handlers/register.py
+++ b/synapse/handlers/register.py
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class RegistrationHandler(BaseHandler):
                 password_hash=None
             )
             yield registered_user(self.distributor, user)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             yield self.store.add_access_token_to_user(user_id, token)
             # Ignore Registration errors
             logger.exception(e)