diff --git a/dblayeroo.php b/dblayeroo.php
index 1c821eb..8c85b83 100644
--- a/dblayeroo.php
+++ b/dblayeroo.php
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ class dblayeroo
           self::$instance[$this->dsn]->setAttribute (\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,
                                          \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
         }
-        catch (Exception $e)
+        catch (\Exception $e)
         {
           $this->DBException ("PDO error : ".$e->getMessage ());
         }
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class dblayeroo
           self::$instance[$this->dsn]->setAttribute (\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,
                                                      \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
         }
-        catch (Exception $e)
+        catch (\Exception $e)
         {
           $this->DBException ("PDO error : ".$e->getMessage ());
         }
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class dblayeroo
           self::$instance[$this->dsn]->setAttribute (\PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE,
                                                      \PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
         }
-        catch (Exception $e)
+        catch (\Exception $e)
         {
           $this->DBException ("PDO error : ".$e->getMessage ());
         }
@@ -2460,7 +2460,7 @@ class dblayeroo
     case "UPDATE":
       $sql = "UPDATE $this->sep$this->tableprefix$this->table$this->sep";
       if (empty ($this->setValues))
-        $this-> DBException ("No values to set in UPDATE");
+        $this->DBException ("No values to set in UPDATE");
       $sql .= " SET ";
       $i = 0;
       foreach ($this->setValues as $key=>$val)