diff --git a/caravel/config.py b/caravel/config.py
index 93934724a18e5..a2353c44c1573 100644
--- a/caravel/config.py
+++ b/caravel/config.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 
 try:
     from caravel_config import *  # noqa
-except Exception:
+except ImportError:
     pass
 
 if not CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: