diff --git a/fpmsyncd/fpmsyncd.cpp b/fpmsyncd/fpmsyncd.cpp
index 8308b1df7a0c..106d50e44dd4 100644
--- a/fpmsyncd/fpmsyncd.cpp
+++ b/fpmsyncd/fpmsyncd.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
         {
             cout << "Connection lost, reconnecting..." << endl;
         }
-        catch (...)
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
-            cout << "Exception had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
+            cout << "Exception \"" << e.what() << "\" had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
             return 0;
         }
     }
diff --git a/intfsyncd/intfsyncd.cpp b/intfsyncd/intfsyncd.cpp
index 9b4e553a388d..6be4ce0c0120 100644
--- a/intfsyncd/intfsyncd.cpp
+++ b/intfsyncd/intfsyncd.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 s.select(&temps, &tempfd);
             }
         }
-        catch (...)
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
-            cout << "Exception had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
+            cout << "Exception \"" << e.what() << "\" had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
             return 0;
         }
     }
diff --git a/neighsyncd/neighsyncd.cpp b/neighsyncd/neighsyncd.cpp
index 7a39152f11b2..98052015b770 100644
--- a/neighsyncd/neighsyncd.cpp
+++ b/neighsyncd/neighsyncd.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 s.select(&temps, &tempfd);
             }
         }
-        catch (...)
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
-            cout << "Exception had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
+            cout << "Exception \"" << e.what() << "\" had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
             return 0;
         }
     }
diff --git a/portsyncd/portsyncd.cpp b/portsyncd/portsyncd.cpp
index 9cfb703da756..cb14a4f94f30 100644
--- a/portsyncd/portsyncd.cpp
+++ b/portsyncd/portsyncd.cpp
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
             }
         }
     }
-    catch (...)
+    catch (const std::exception& e)
     {
-        cerr << "Exception had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
+        cerr << "Exception \"" << e.what() << "\" had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
 
diff --git a/teamsyncd/teamsyncd.cpp b/teamsyncd/teamsyncd.cpp
index d1eb58134165..7fbbfb2dcc91 100644
--- a/teamsyncd/teamsyncd.cpp
+++ b/teamsyncd/teamsyncd.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
                 s.select(&temps, &tempfd);
             }
         }
-        catch (...)
+        catch (const std::exception& e)
         {
-            cout << "Exception had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
+            cout << "Exception \"" << e.what() << "\" had been thrown in deamon" << endl;
             return 0;
         }
     }