diff --git a/testgen/generators/base.py b/testgen/generators/base.py
index 66b99b1c..40c969a6 100644
--- a/testgen/generators/base.py
+++ b/testgen/generators/base.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ def generateTestHashValues(self, testdata):
 
         try:
             all_tests =  testdata['tests']
-        except BaseException as error:
+        except Exception as error:
             logging.error('# generateTestHashValues: %s does not have "tests": %s',
                           error, testdata.keys())
             return None
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def generateTestHashValues(self, testdata):
         for test in all_tests:
             try:
                 test_no_label = test.copy()
-            except BaseException as error:
+            except Exception as error:
                 logging.error('error: %s, Item with no label found here: %s, %s' ,
                               error, testdata['test_type'], test)
                 continue
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ def getTestDataFromGitHub(self, datafile_name, version):
                 )
                 return None
             return r.text
-        except BaseException as err:
+        except Exception as err:
             logging.warning(
                 "Warning: cannot load data %s for version %s. Error = %s",
                 datafile_name,
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ def readFile(self, filename, version="", filetype="txt"):
         try:
             with codecs.open(path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as testdata:
                 return json.load(testdata) if filetype == "json" else testdata.read()
-        except BaseException as err:
+        except Exception as err:
             logging.warning("** readFile: %s", err)
             return None