diff --git a/canto/process.py b/canto/process.py
index 6ec2f90..a24d25b 100644
--- a/canto/process.py
+++ b/canto/process.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 # minimum because every second spent updating is a second spent unresponsive to
 # the user.
 
+from Queue import Empty
 from const import *
 
 import signal
@@ -320,8 +321,11 @@ class ProcessHandler():
         r = None
         try:
             r = self.updated.get(block, timeout)
-        except:
+        except Empty:
             pass
+        except Exception, e:
+            if not hasattr(e, "errno") or e.errno != 4:
+                self.cfg.log("recv exc: %s" % (e,))
         return r
 
     def send_and_wait(self, symbol):