diff --git a/indra/lib/python/indra/base/llsd.py b/indra/lib/python/indra/base/llsd.py
index 839c148454a8dce8ab46a9f0a5a97d710bde1a26..e23cdfa98603810b3af3addb820491e55ade8eb4 100644
--- a/indra/lib/python/indra/base/llsd.py
+++ b/indra/lib/python/indra/base/llsd.py
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ def _parse_string(self, delim):
 
 
     def _parse_string_delim(self, delim):
-        """ string: "g'day" | 'have a "nice" day' """
+        """ string: "g'day 'un" | 'have a "nice" day' """
         list = []
         found_escape = False
         found_hex = False
@@ -838,9 +838,8 @@ def __str__(self):
 # register converters for stacked, if stacked is available
 try:
     from mulib import stacked
-except ImportError, e:
+except:
     print "Not able to import stacked, skipping registering llsd converters."
-    pass  # don't bother with the converters
 else:
     def llsd_convert_json(llsd_stuff, request):
         callback = request.get_header('callback')
diff --git a/indra/lib/python/indra/base/lluuid.py b/indra/lib/python/indra/base/lluuid.py
index 2793a2a78e3b9a8daaae3ecff3a21be9a6c4d18a..ea60ae74c2afe4734d025ea99c9c6c2cc527db39 100644
--- a/indra/lib/python/indra/base/lluuid.py
+++ b/indra/lib/python/indra/base/lluuid.py
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ def uuid_bits_to_uuid(bits):
 
 try:
     from mulib import stacked
-except ImportError:
+except:
     print "Couldn't import mulib, not registering UUID converter"
 else:
     def convertUUID(uuid, req):