diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e490467bd..3bc784474 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2008-01-08  Benny Malengier <benny.malengier@gramps-project.org>
+	* src/ArgHandler.py: bug with tarfile exceptions
+
 2008-01-08  Raphael Ackermann <raphael.ackermann@gmail.com>
 	* src/Editors/_EditFamily.py: import fixes
 	* src/plugins/FindDupes.py: variable typo fix
diff --git a/src/ArgHandler.py b/src/ArgHandler.py
index fcdd0a104..262f814c6 100644
--- a/src/ArgHandler.py
+++ b/src/ArgHandler.py
@@ -524,10 +524,10 @@ class ArgHandler:
                 for tarinfo in archive:
                     archive.extract(tarinfo,tmpdir_path)
                 archive.close()
-            except ReadError, msg:
+            except tarfile.ReadError, msg:
                 print "Error reading archive:", msg
                 sys.exit(1)
-            except CompressError, msg:
+            except tarfile.CompressError, msg:
                 print "Error uncompressing archive:", msg
                 sys.exit(1)
             except: