diff --git a/cps/admin.py b/cps/admin.py
index 78416089..bc5198bb 100644
--- a/cps/admin.py
+++ b/cps/admin.py
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ feature_support = {
 try:
     import rarfile
     feature_support['rar'] = True
-except ImportError:
+except (ImportError, SyntaxError):
     feature_support['rar'] = False
 
 try:
diff --git a/cps/comic.py b/cps/comic.py
index c228454c..7e3c7d47 100644
--- a/cps/comic.py
+++ b/cps/comic.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ try:
     use_comic_meta = True
     try:
         from comicapi import __version__ as comic_version
-    except (ImportError):
+    except ImportError:
         comic_version = ''
 except (ImportError, LookupError) as e:
     log.debug('Cannot import comicapi, extracting comic metadata will not work: %s', e)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ except (ImportError, LookupError) as e:
     try:
         import rarfile
         use_rarfile = True
-    except ImportError as e:
+    except (ImportError, SyntaxError) as e:
         log.debug('Cannot import rarfile, extracting cover files from rar files will not work: %s', e)
         use_rarfile = False
     use_comic_meta = False
diff --git a/optional-requirements.txt b/optional-requirements.txt
index ae35f389..0d670875 100644
--- a/optional-requirements.txt
+++ b/optional-requirements.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ rarfile>=2.7
 
 # other
 natsort>=2.2.0,<7.1.0
-git+https://github.com/OzzieIsaacs/comicapi.git@b323fab55e7daba97f90bf59a4bc8de9d9c0a86b#egg=comicapi
+git+https://github.com/OzzieIsaacs/comicapi.git@7aa91ea95ea7a919df6c6cac817865434a31c228#egg=comicapi
 
 #Kobo integration
 jsonschema>=3.2.0,<3.3.0