diff --git a/pull-debian-source b/pull-debian-source
index 36a9caf..92077a1 100755
--- a/pull-debian-source
+++ b/pull-debian-source
@@ -58,16 +58,15 @@ def source_package_for(binary, release):
         Logger.warn(e)
     url = ('http://dde.debian.net/dde/q/udd/dist/d:debian/r:%s/p:%s/?t=json'
            % (release, binary))
+    data = None
     try:
         data = json.load(urllib2.urlopen(url))['r']
     except urllib2.URLError, e:
         Logger.error('Unable to retrieve package information from DDE: '
                      '%s (%s)', url, str(e))
-        return None
     except ValueError, e:
         Logger.error('Unable to parse JSON response from DDE: '
                      '%s (%s)', url, str(e))
-        return None
     if not data:
         return None
     return data[0]['source']
diff --git a/pull-lp-source b/pull-lp-source
index 392abf1..0bbabbd 100755
--- a/pull-lp-source
+++ b/pull-lp-source
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ def source_package_for(binary, release):
     except urllib2.URLError, e:
         Logger.error('Unable to retrieve package information from DDE: '
                      '%s (%s)', url, str(e))
-    except ValueError:
-        Logger.error('Unable to parse the response from DDE.')
+    except ValueError, e:
+        Logger.error('Unable to parse JSON response from DDE: '
+                     '%s (%s)', url, str(e))
     if not data:
         return None
     return data[0]['source']