diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
index 03dde031e9..1a0f4694d1 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_camera_mayaScene.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class ExtractCameraMayaScene(pype.api.Extractor):
                     self.log.info(
                         "Using {} as scene type".format(self.scene_type))
                     break
-                except AttributeError:
+                except KeyError:
                     # no preset found
                     pass
 
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_maya_scene_raw.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_maya_scene_raw.py
index 2971572552..d273646af8 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_maya_scene_raw.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_maya_scene_raw.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class ExtractMayaSceneRaw(pype.api.Extractor):
                     self.log.info(
                         "Using {} as scene type".format(self.scene_type))
                     break
-                except AttributeError:
+                except KeyError:
                     # no preset found
                     pass
         # Define extract output file path
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_model.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_model.py
index 330e471e53..d77e65f989 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_model.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_model.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class ExtractModel(pype.api.Extractor):
                     self.log.info(
                         "Using {} as scene type".format(self.scene_type))
                     break
-                except AttributeError:
+                except KeyError:
                     # no preset found
                     pass
         # Define extract output file path
diff --git a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_yeti_rig.py b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_yeti_rig.py
index 2f66d3e026..d48a956b88 100644
--- a/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_yeti_rig.py
+++ b/pype/plugins/maya/publish/extract_yeti_rig.py
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ class ExtractYetiRig(pype.api.Extractor):
                     self.log.info(
                         "Using {} as scene type".format(self.scene_type))
                     break
-                except AttributeError:
+                except KeyError:
                     # no preset found
                     pass
         yeti_nodes = cmds.ls(instance, type="pgYetiMaya")