diff --git a/homepage/participo/testApi.py b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
index 0880793..b31824e 100755
--- a/homepage/participo/testApi.py
+++ b/homepage/participo/testApi.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python
 
-from http import client
 import logging
 import json
 
 
 class TestApi:
-    @staticmethod    
+    @staticmethod
     def __parse_arguments():
         import argparse
 
@@ -14,30 +13,36 @@ class TestApi:
             "testApi"
         )
 
-        argParser.add_argument("--endpoint",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--endpoint",
             default="shiai"
         )
-        argParser.add_argument("--host",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--host",
             default="cwsvjudo.bplaced.net"
         )
-        argParser.add_argument("--path",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--path",
             default="participo/api"
         )
-        argParser.add_argument("--key",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--key",
             default=None
         )
-        argParser.add_argument("--configFile",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--configFile",
             type=argparse.FileType('r'),
             default="testApi.config.yaml"
-        )     
+        )
         _LOG_LEVEL = ["CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG"]
-        argParser.add_argument("--logLevel",
+        argParser.add_argument(
+            "--logLevel",
             choices=_LOG_LEVEL,
             default="WARNING"
         )
 
         return argParser.parse_args()
-    
+
     def __init__(self):
         self.config = self.__parse_arguments()
         self.config.logLevel = getattr(logging, self.config.logLevel)
@@ -46,8 +51,9 @@ class TestApi:
         with self.config.configFile as cf:
             from yaml import safe_load
             configData = safe_load(cf)
-        
-        # @todo: add the attributes from the config file to the config (if not already set)
+
+        # @todo: add the attributes from the config file to the config (if not
+        # already set)
         if not self.config.key and 'apiKey' in configData:
             self.config.key = configData['apiKey']
 
@@ -60,6 +66,7 @@ class TestApi:
             }
         )
 
+
 class apiCall:
     @staticmethod
     def call(
@@ -71,8 +78,10 @@ class apiCall:
 
         r = requests.get(
             url=f"http://{host}/{url}",
-            # @todo The client always awaits this timeout. Even when the meaningful body is already received.params=
-            # - I don't see any of the examples out there do it different from me.
+            # @todo The client always awaits this timeout. Even when the
+            # meaningful body is already received.params=
+            # - I don't see any of the examples out there do it different from
+            #   me.
             # - The browser doesn't seem to have this problem.
             timeout=10,
             headers=headers
@@ -80,8 +89,9 @@ class apiCall:
 
         try:
             return r.json()
-        except:
-            logging.error(f"failed to parse json: {r.text}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.error(f"Exception {repr(e)} ({e}) while parsing json:")
+            logging.error(r.text)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
@@ -96,6 +106,5 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
                 indent=2
             )
         )
-    except:
-        logging.error("failed to parse to json:")
-        logging.error(response)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(f"Exception {repr(e)} ({e}) while parsing json:")