diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaConfig.py b/core/nzbToMediaConfig.py
index bb1202ce..6303a698 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaConfig.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaConfig.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ class ConfigObj(configobj.ConfigObj, Section):
             if not os.path.isfile(core.CONFIG_FILE):
                 shutil.copyfile(core.CONFIG_SPEC_FILE, core.CONFIG_FILE)
             CFG_OLD = config(core.CONFIG_FILE)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Error %s when copying to .cfg" % (e))
 
         try:
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class ConfigObj(configobj.ConfigObj, Section):
             if not os.path.isfile(core.CONFIG_SPEC_FILE):
                 shutil.copyfile(core.CONFIG_FILE, core.CONFIG_SPEC_FILE)
             CFG_NEW = config(core.CONFIG_SPEC_FILE)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Error %s when copying to .spec" % (e))
 
         # check for autoProcessMedia.cfg and autoProcessMedia.cfg.spec and if they don't exist return and fail
@@ -462,14 +462,14 @@ class ConfigObj(configobj.ConfigObj, Section):
                         CFG_NEW[section][os.environ[envCatKey]][option] = value
                 CFG_NEW[section][os.environ[envCatKey]]['enabled'] = 1
 
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Error %s when applying NZBGet config" % (e))
 
         try:
             # write our new config to autoProcessMedia.cfg
             CFG_NEW.filename = core.CONFIG_FILE
             CFG_NEW.write()
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Error %s when writing changes to .cfg" % (e))
 
         return CFG_NEW
diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaDB.py b/core/nzbToMediaDB.py
index 0e1af3a9..e11b7dbb 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaDB.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaDB.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class DBConnection:
         result = None
         try:
             result = self.select("SELECT db_version FROM db_version")
-        except sqlite3.OperationalError, e:
+        except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
             if "no such table: db_version" in e.args[0]:
                 return 0
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class DBConnection:
 
                 # get out of the connection attempt loop since we were successful
                 break
-            except sqlite3.OperationalError, e:
+            except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
                 if "unable to open database file" in e.args[0] or "database is locked" in e.args[0]:
                     logger.log(u"DB error: " + str(e), logger.WARNING)
                     attempt += 1
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class DBConnection:
                 else:
                     logger.log(u"DB error: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                     raise
-            except sqlite3.DatabaseError, e:
+            except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
                 logger.log(u"Fatal error executing query: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                 raise
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ class DBConnection:
                 self.connection.commit()
                 logger.log(u"Transaction with " + str(len(querylist)) + u" query's executed", logger.DEBUG)
                 return sqlResult
-            except sqlite3.OperationalError, e:
+            except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
                 sqlResult = []
                 if self.connection:
                     self.connection.rollback()
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class DBConnection:
                 else:
                     logger.log(u"DB error: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                     raise
-            except sqlite3.DatabaseError, e:
+            except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
                 sqlResult = []
                 if self.connection:
                     self.connection.rollback()
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class DBConnection:
                 self.connection.commit()
                 # get out of the connection attempt loop since we were successful
                 break
-            except sqlite3.OperationalError, e:
+            except sqlite3.OperationalError as e:
                 if "unable to open database file" in e.args[0] or "database is locked" in e.args[0]:
                     logger.log(u"DB error: " + str(e), logger.WARNING)
                     attempt += 1
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ class DBConnection:
                 else:
                     logger.log(u"DB error: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                     raise
-            except sqlite3.DatabaseError, e:
+            except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
                 logger.log(u"Fatal error executing query: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                 raise
 
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def _processUpgrade(connection, upgradeClass):
         logger.log(u"Database upgrade required: " + prettyName(upgradeClass.__name__), logger.MESSAGE)
         try:
             instance.execute()
-        except sqlite3.DatabaseError, e:
+        except sqlite3.DatabaseError as e:
             print("Error in " + str(upgradeClass.__name__) + ": " + str(e))
             raise
         logger.log(upgradeClass.__name__ + " upgrade completed", logger.DEBUG)
diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaSceneExceptions.py b/core/nzbToMediaSceneExceptions.py
index b37ec268..40700961 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaSceneExceptions.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaSceneExceptions.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def rename_file(filename, newfilePath):
     logger.debug("Replacing file name %s with download name %s" % (filename, newfilePath), "EXCEPTION")
     try:
         os.rename(filename, newfilePath)
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
         logger.error("Unable to rename file due to: %s" % (str(e)), "EXCEPTION")
 
 
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ def rename_script(dirname):
                 logger.debug("Renaming file %s to %s" % (orig, dest), "EXCEPTION")
                 try:
                     os.rename(orig, dest)
-                except Exception, e:
+                except Exception as e:
                     logger.error("Unable to rename file due to: %s" % (str(e)), "EXCEPTION")
 
 # dict for custom groups
diff --git a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
index 897ac36a..0c81cbe8 100644
--- a/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
+++ b/core/nzbToMediaUtil.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ def makeDir(path):
     if not os.path.isdir(path):
         try:
             os.makedirs(path)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception:
             return False
     return True
 
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def copy_link(src, targetLink, useLink):
             logger.info("Moving SOURCE MEDIAFILE -> TARGET FOLDER", 'COPYLINK')
             shutil.move(src, targetLink)
             return True
-    except Exception, e:
+    except Exception as e:
         logger.warning("Error: %s, copying instead ... " % (e), 'COPYLINK')
 
     logger.info("Copying SOURCE MEDIAFILE -> TARGET FOLDER", 'COPYLINK')
@@ -1104,7 +1104,7 @@ def extractFiles(src, dst=None, keep_archive=None):
             if extractor.extract(inputFile, dst or dirPath):
                 extracted_folder.append(dst or dirPath)
                 extracted_archive.append(archiveName)
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception:
             logger.error("Extraction failed for: %s" % (fullFileName))
 
     for folder in extracted_folder:
@@ -1197,7 +1197,7 @@ def backupVersionedFile(old_file, version):
             shutil.copy(old_file, new_file)
             logger.log(u"Backup done", logger.DEBUG)
             break
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.log(u"Error while trying to back up " + old_file + " to " + new_file + " : " + str(e),
                        logger.WARNING)
             numTries += 1
diff --git a/core/synchronousdeluge/client.py b/core/synchronousdeluge/client.py
index af2c740c..fa80fb46 100644
--- a/core/synchronousdeluge/client.py
+++ b/core/synchronousdeluge/client.py
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class DelugeClient(object):
             from xdg.BaseDirectory import save_config_path
             try:
                 auth_file = os.path.join(save_config_path("deluge"), "auth")
-            except OSError, e:
+            except OSError:
                 return username, password
 
         if os.path.exists(auth_file):
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class DelugeClient(object):
                 line = line.strip()
                 try:
                     lsplit = line.split(":")
-                except Exception, e:
+                except Exception:
                     continue
 
                 if len(lsplit) == 2:
diff --git a/core/transcoder/transcoder.py b/core/transcoder/transcoder.py
index 730ce77e..46e95896 100644
--- a/core/transcoder/transcoder.py
+++ b/core/transcoder/transcoder.py
@@ -763,10 +763,10 @@ def Transcode_directory(dirName):
 
         try:  # Try to remove the file that we're transcoding to just in case. (ffmpeg will return an error if it already exists for some reason)
             os.remove(newfilePath)
-        except OSError, e:
+        except OSError as e:
             if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:  # Ignore the error if it's just telling us that the file doesn't exist
                 logger.debug("Error when removing transcoding target: %s" % (e))
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.debug("Error when removing transcoding target: %s" % (e))
 
         logger.info("Transcoding video: %s" % (newfilePath))
diff --git a/core/versionCheck.py b/core/versionCheck.py
index b71f903c..f3cd3c1e 100644
--- a/core/versionCheck.py
+++ b/core/versionCheck.py
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ class GitUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
         else:
             try:
                 self._check_github_for_update()
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 logger.log(u"Unable to contact github, can't check for update: " + repr(e), logger.ERROR)
                 return False
 
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
         try:
             with open(version_file, 'r') as fp:
                 self._cur_commit_hash = fp.read().strip(' \n\r')
-        except EnvironmentError, e:
+        except EnvironmentError as e:
             logger.log(u"Unable to open 'version.txt': " + str(e), logger.DEBUG)
 
         if not self._cur_commit_hash:
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
 
         try:
             self._check_github_for_update()
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.log(u"Unable to contact github, can't check for update: " + repr(e), logger.ERROR)
             return False
 
@@ -504,7 +504,7 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
                             os.chmod(new_path, stat.S_IWRITE)
                             os.remove(new_path)
                             os.renames(old_path, new_path)
-                        except Exception, e:
+                        except Exception as e:
                             logger.log(u"Unable to update " + new_path + ': ' + str(e), logger.DEBUG)
                             os.remove(old_path)  # Trash the updated file without moving in new path
                         continue
@@ -517,11 +517,11 @@ class SourceUpdateManager(UpdateManager):
             try:
                 with open(version_path, 'w') as ver_file:
                     ver_file.write(self._newest_commit_hash)
-            except EnvironmentError, e:
+            except EnvironmentError as e:
                 logger.log(u"Unable to write version file, update not complete: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
                 return False
 
-        except Exception, e:
+        except Exception as e:
             logger.log(u"Error while trying to update: " + str(e), logger.ERROR)
             logger.log(u"Traceback: " + traceback.format_exc(), logger.DEBUG)
             return False