diff --git a/app/models/csv_importer.rb b/app/models/csv_importer.rb
index 66297b13c..f95fae8f2 100644
--- a/app/models/csv_importer.rb
+++ b/app/models/csv_importer.rb
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CsvImporter
   def cropbot
     @cropbot = Member.find_by!(login_name: 'cropbot') unless @cropbot
     @cropbot
-  rescue
+  rescue StandardError
     raise "cropbot account not found: run rake db:seed"
   end
 end
diff --git a/db/seeds.rb b/db/seeds.rb
index a1477fbe6..a91c19048 100644
--- a/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/db/seeds.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ def load_test_users # rubocop:disable Metrics/AbcSize
   source_path = Rails.root.join('db', 'seeds')
   begin
     suburb_file = File.open("#{source_path}/suburbs.csv")
-  rescue
+  rescue StandardError
     puts "Warning: unable to open suburbs.csv"
   end