diff --git a/validations_common/library/validations_read_ini.py b/validations_common/library/validations_read_ini.py
index d8a4180..5e4e3ec 100644
--- a/validations_common/library/validations_read_ini.py
+++ b/validations_common/library/validations_read_ini.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_result(path, section, key, default=None):
 
     try:
         config.read(path)
-    except Exception:
+    except (OSError, ConfigParser.ParsingError):
         msg = "The file '{}' is not in a valid INI format.".format(path)
         ret = ReturnValue.INVALID_FORMAT
         return (ret, msg, value)