1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
index 8ed5c19a6..a0fc5ead0 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
             return
         try:
             os.utime(filename, (time.time(), filetime))
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
         return filetime
 
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ class FileDownloader(object):
         )
 
         continuedl_and_exists = (
-            self.params.get('continuedl', False) and
+            self.params.get('continuedl', True) and
             os.path.isfile(encodeFilename(filename)) and
             not self.params.get('nopart', False)
         )