diff --git a/ring_doorbell/__init__.py b/ring_doorbell/__init__.py
index fe37317a..50b181df 100644
--- a/ring_doorbell/__init__.py
+++ b/ring_doorbell/__init__.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def _process_cached_session(self):
                 # if not, it should continue to get a new auth token
                 url = API_URI + DEVICES_ENDPOINT
                 req = self.query(url, raw=True)
-                if req.status_code == 200:
+                if req and req.status_code == 200:
                     self._authenticate(session=req)
                 else:
                     self._authenticate()
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ def _authenticate(self, attempts=RETRY_TOKEN, session=None):
                                             headers=HEADERS)
                 else:
                     req = session
-            except:
+            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err_msg:
+                _LOGGER.error("Error!! %s", err_msg)
                 raise
 
             # if token is expired, refresh credentials and try again
@@ -173,7 +174,9 @@ def query(self,
 
                 if self.debug:
                     _LOGGER.debug("_query %s ret %s", loop, req.status_code)
-            except:
+
+            except requests.exceptions.RequestException as err_msg:
+                _LOGGER.error("Error!! %s", err_msg)
                 raise
 
             # if token is expired, refresh credentials and try again
diff --git a/ring_doorbell/utils.py b/ring_doorbell/utils.py
index 0348a771..a5cc2814 100644
--- a/ring_doorbell/utils.py
+++ b/ring_doorbell/utils.py
@@ -21,11 +21,8 @@ def _locator(lst, key, value):
 
 def _clean_cache(filename):
     """Remove filename if pickle version mismatch."""
-    try:
-        if os.path.isfile(filename):
-            os.remove(filename)
-    except:
-        raise
+    if os.path.isfile(filename):
+        os.remove(filename)
 
     # initialize cache since file was removed
     initial_cache_data = CACHE_ATTRS
@@ -40,12 +37,9 @@ def _exists_cache(filename):
 
 def _save_cache(data, filename):
     """Dump data into a pickle file."""
-    try:
-        with open(filename, 'wb') as pickle_db:
-            pickle.dump(data, pickle_db)
-        return True
-    except:
-        raise
+    with open(filename, 'wb') as pickle_db:
+        pickle.dump(data, pickle_db)
+    return True
 
 
 def _read_cache(filename):