diff --git a/application/__init__.py b/application/__init__.py
index f1fbf88..1352c9e 100644
--- a/application/__init__.py
+++ b/application/__init__.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 try:
-    with open('log_config.yaml', 'r') as config_file:
+    with open('log_config.yaml') as config_file:
         config = yaml.safe_load(config_file.read())
     logging.config.dictConfig(config)
-except:
+except Exception:
     # Fallback to a basic configuration
     logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
     logger.exception("Logging setup failed")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     # As well, to ensure that logging configuration succeeded regardless
     # of a successful dictConfig execution, log a warning message
     # to see whether the configuration was actually successful
-    logger.warning(f"Logging is set up with config={config}")
+    logger.warning("Logging is set up with config=%s", config)
 
 from .Profile.Profile import Profile