diff --git a/subcmds/sync.py b/subcmds/sync.py
index d4637d0..8e9477a 100644
--- a/subcmds/sync.py
+++ b/subcmds/sync.py
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@
       try:
         try:
           self._times = pickle.load(f)
-        except:
+        except IOError:
           try:
             os.remove(self._path)
           except OSError: