diff --git a/misc/userscripts/ripbang b/misc/userscripts/ripbang
index 3a083cad3..4b418443d 100755
--- a/misc/userscripts/ripbang
+++ b/misc/userscripts/ripbang
@@ -4,28 +4,24 @@
 #
 # Usage:
 #   :spawn --userscript ripbang [bang]...
-# 
+#
 # Example:
 #   :spawn --userscript ripbang amazon maps
 #
 import os, re, requests, sys, urllib
 
-try:
-    for argument in sys.argv[1:]:
-        bang = '!' + argument
-        r = requests.get('https://duckduckgo.com/', params={'q': bang + ' SEARCHTEXT'})
+for argument in sys.argv[1:]:
+    bang = '!' + argument
+    r = requests.get('https://duckduckgo.com/',
+                     params={'q': bang + ' SEARCHTEXT'})
 
-        searchengine = urllib.unquote(re.search("url=[^']+", r.text).group(
-            0))
-        searchengine = searchengine.replace('url=', '')
-        searchengine = searchengine.replace('/l/?kh=-1&uddg=', '')
-        searchengine = searchengine.replace('SEARCHTEXT', '{}')
+    searchengine = urllib.unquote(re.search("url=[^']+", r.text).group(0))
+    searchengine = searchengine.replace('url=', '')
+    searchengine = searchengine.replace('/l/?kh=-1&uddg=', '')
+    searchengine = searchengine.replace('SEARCHTEXT', '{}')
 
-        if os.getenv('QUTE_FIFO'):
-            with open(os.environ['QUTE_FIFO'], 'w') as fifo:
-                fifo.write('set searchengines %s %s' % (bang, searchengine))
-        else:
-            print '%s %s' % (bang, searchengine)
-except:
-    # fail silent
-    exit(1)
+    if os.getenv('QUTE_FIFO'):
+        with open(os.environ['QUTE_FIFO'], 'w') as fifo:
+            fifo.write('set searchengines %s %s' % (bang, searchengine))
+    else:
+        print '%s %s' % (bang, searchengine)