diff --git a/scripts/python/get_author_origin.py b/scripts/python/get_author_origin.py
index 2f8eb6bd7..0ff857386 100644
--- a/scripts/python/get_author_origin.py
+++ b/scripts/python/get_author_origin.py
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 membrane_team = json.load(sys.stdin)
 pr_author = sys.argv[1]
 
-for person in membrane_team:
-  if person["login"] == pr_author:
-    print("MEMBRANE")
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-print("COMMUNITY")
+try:
+  for person in membrane_team:
+    if person["login"] == pr_author:
+      print("MEMBRANE")
+      sys.exit(0)
 
+  print("COMMUNITY")
+except:
+    print("An exception occurred, provided JSON:")
+    print(membrane_team)
+    print("provided PR_AUTHOR:", pr_author)
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diff --git a/scripts/python/get_ticket_id.py b/scripts/python/get_ticket_id.py
index 9ac65b1de..d0eb92104 100644
--- a/scripts/python/get_ticket_id.py
+++ b/scripts/python/get_ticket_id.py
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 import sys, json;
 
-project_items = json.load(sys.stdin)["items"]
+full_json = json.load(sys.stdin)
 pr_url = sys.argv[1]
-[id] = [item["id"] for item in project_items if ("url" in item["content"] and item["content"]["url"] == pr_url)]
-print(id)
+
+try:
+    project_items = full_json["items"]
+    [id] = [item["id"] for item in project_items if ("url" in item["content"] and item["content"]["url"] == pr_url)]
+    print(id)
+except:
+    print("An exception occurred, provided JSON:")
+    print(full_json)
+    print("provided PR_URL:", pr_url)
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