From f1cca7d37d283095dbdd400ba0b749a65faa5565 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dionysios Sema <75517225+chemshift@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:22:29 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Update __init__.py

---
 python/lammps/mliap/__init__.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/lammps/mliap/__init__.py b/python/lammps/mliap/__init__.py
index 02d876bf9d..cfe3fb6b38 100644
--- a/python/lammps/mliap/__init__.py
+++ b/python/lammps/mliap/__init__.py
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ elif OS_name == "Windows":
 
 try:
     pylib = ctypes.CDLL(library)
-except:
-    OSError
+except Exception as e:
+    raise OSError("Unable to locate python shared library") from e
 
 if not pylib.Py_IsInitialized():
     raise RuntimeError("This interpreter is not compatible with python-based mliap for LAMMPS.")