diff --git a/ufo/trajectory/parser.py b/ufo/trajectory/parser.py
index 7aa2e7d3b..325e0119d 100644
--- a/ufo/trajectory/parser.py
+++ b/ufo/trajectory/parser.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ def _load_evaluation_data(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
                 try:
                     evaluation_data = json.load(file)
-                except:
+                except json.JSONDecodeError:
                     evaluation_data = {}
 
         else: