diff --git a/apps/sources/staging.py b/apps/sources/staging.py
index ca8c92be9e..8f6608ed3e 100644
--- a/apps/sources/staging.py
+++ b/apps/sources/staging.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def get_all_files(path):
     try:
         return sorted([os.path.normcase(f) for f in os.listdir(path) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, f))])
     except OSError, exc:
-        raise OSError(ugettext(u'Unable get list of staging files: %s') % exc)
+        raise Exception(ugettext(u'Unable get list of staging files: %s') % exc)
 
 
 def _return_new_class():
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class StagingFile(object):
             if exc.errno == errno.ENOENT:
                 pass
             else:
-                raise OSError(ugettext(u'Unable to delete staging file: %s') % exc)
+                raise Exception(ugettext(u'Unable to delete staging file: %s') % exc)
 
     def get_valid_image(self, size=THUMBNAIL_SIZE, transformations=None):
         return convert(self.filepath, size=size, cleanup_files=False, transformations=transformations)