diff --git a/BackupPC_archiveHost_s3 b/BackupPC_archiveHost_s3
index ccef681..16feeb1 100755
--- a/BackupPC_archiveHost_s3
+++ b/BackupPC_archiveHost_s3
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ for i in sorted(glob.glob(fileglob)):
             key.set_acl('private')
             key.close()
             retry_count = max_retries+1
-        except (boto.exception.S3ResponseError, socket.error) as e:
+        except (boto.exception.S3ResponseError, socket.error), e:
             retry_count += 1
             sleeptime = 2**retry_count
             err = 'Encountered exception %s, retrying in %i seconds (%i/%i)' % (e, sleeptime, retry_count, max_retries)