diff --git a/figshare/Article.py b/figshare/Article.py
index 0a630b5..8846f11 100644
--- a/figshare/Article.py
+++ b/figshare/Article.py
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ def get_file_size_of_given_path(self, dir_path, include_only=""):
                     fp = os.path.join(path, f)
                     try:
                         size += os.path.getsize(fp)
-                    except:
+                    except Exception as e:
                         pass
 
         return size