diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 934c6fd..5a5ff9f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ChangeLog
 ============
 
+- 0.33.0
+
+  - fixed timeout+ssl error handling bug  on python 2.7.10 (#190)
+
 - 0.32.0
 
   - fix http proxy bug (#189)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e77383b..dfd7702 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 import sys
 
-VERSION = "0.32.0"
+VERSION = "0.33.0"
 NAME="websocket_client"
 
 install_requires = ["six"]
diff --git a/websocket/__init__.py b/websocket/__init__.py
index 311c677..0b535ef 100644
--- a/websocket/__init__.py
+++ b/websocket/__init__.py
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ Copyright (C) 2010 Hiroki Ohtani(liris)
 from ._core import *
 from ._app import WebSocketApp
 
-__version__ = "0.32.0"
+__version__ = "0.33.0"
diff --git a/websocket/_utils.py b/websocket/_utils.py
index dda1d0c..7ece785 100644
--- a/websocket/_utils.py
+++ b/websocket/_utils.py
@@ -85,4 +85,7 @@ def validate_utf8(utfbytes):
 
 
 def extract_err_message(exception):
-    return getattr(exception, 'strerror', str(exception))
+    if exception.args:
+        return exception.args[0]
+    else:
+        return None