diff --git a/chainlib/connection.py b/chainlib/connection.py
index eea9d6e..786fda0 100644
--- a/chainlib/connection.py
+++ b/chainlib/connection.py
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ class JSONRPCHTTPConnection(HTTPConnection):
 
         try: 
             r = urlopen(req, data=data.encode('utf-8'))
-        except urllib.error.URLError as e:
+        except URLError as e:
             raise RPCException(e)
 
         result = json.load(r)
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 02884ee..1640d09 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [metadata]
 name = chainlib
-version = 0.0.10a5
+version = 0.0.10a6
 description = Generic blockchain access library and tooling
 author = Louis Holbrook
 author_email = dev@holbrook.no