diff --git a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_delete.py b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_delete.py
index 47857c4e2..52e6645c5 100755
--- a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_delete.py
+++ b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_delete.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cols = [f"col_{col}" for col in range(tbl_schema["colCount"]) if col != pk]
 
 try:
     con = limbo.connect("stress_composer.db")
-except limbo.OperationalError as e:
+except Exception as e:
     print(f"Failed to open stress_composer.db. Exiting... {e}")
     exit(0)
 cur = con.cursor()
diff --git a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_insert.py b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_insert.py
index e1d273eb8..7e7f2cccd 100755
--- a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_insert.py
+++ b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_insert.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cols = ", ".join([f"col_{col}" for col in range(tbl_schema["colCount"])])
 
 try:
     con = limbo.connect("stress_composer.db")
-except limbo.OperationalError as e:
+except Exception as e:
     print(f"Failed to open stress_composer.db. Exiting... {e}")
     exit(0)
 
diff --git a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_integritycheck.py b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_integritycheck.py
index 62fcc49ac..e375fea29 100755
--- a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_integritycheck.py
+++ b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_integritycheck.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cols = ", ".join([f"col_{col}" for col in range(tbl_schema["colCount"])])
 
 try:
     con = limbo.connect("stress_composer.db")
-except limbo.OperationalError as e:
+except Exception as e:
     print(f"Failed to open stress_composer.db. Exiting... {e}")
     exit(0)
 cur = con.cursor()
diff --git a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_update.py b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_update.py
index 14a02efde..200333147 100755
--- a/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_update.py
+++ b/antithesis-tests/stress-composer/parallel_driver_update.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ cols = [f"col_{col}" for col in range(tbl_schema["colCount"]) if col != pk]
 # print(cols)
 try:
     con = limbo.connect("stress_composer.db")
-except limbo.OperationalError as e:
+except Exception as e:
     print(f"Failed to open stress_composer.db. Exiting... {e}")
     exit(0)
 cur = con.cursor()