diff --git a/bin/sarif-extract-scans b/bin/sarif-extract-scans
index a171e8b..f3bfff0 100755
--- a/bin/sarif-extract-scans
+++ b/bin/sarif-extract-scans
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ except Exception:
     # will have gathered errors/warnings
     status_writer.csv_write_warnings()
     #pass the exception up to be put into log by runner
-    raise(Exception)
+    raise
 
 #
 # Form output tables
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ try:
 except Exception:
     #possible warnings accumulated
     status_writer.csv_write_warnings()
-    raise Exception
+    raise
 
 #
 # Setup rest of basetables
@@ -271,4 +271,4 @@ _write_dataframes_of(scantabs)
 
 write('codeflows', bt.codeflows)
 status_writer.warning_set["success"]+=1
-status_writer.csv_write_warnings()
\ No newline at end of file
+status_writer.csv_write_warnings()