diff --git a/update_doc b/update_doc
index 9e141e1..5178493 100755
--- a/update_doc
+++ b/update_doc
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         except AttributeError:
             print("Broken module. skipping {}".format(modfile))
             continue
+        except Exception as e:
+            print("Error in documentation of module {}: {}".format(modfile, e))
+            continue
         moddata = modfile.read_text()
         match = regex.search(moddata)
         if not match:
@@ -34,4 +37,4 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         newmod = "{pre}DOCUMENTATION = {quote}{doc}{quote}{post}".format(pre=moddata[:match.start()], quote=match.group("quote"), doc=moddoc, post=moddata[match.end():])
         modfile.write_text(newmod)
 
-# code: python
\ No newline at end of file
+# code: python