diff --git a/plugins/other/transmission b/plugins/other/transmission
index c46b1613..ad3e8e79 100755
--- a/plugins/other/transmission
+++ b/plugins/other/transmission
@@ -59,17 +59,21 @@ find this plugin on github at http://github.com/VolatileMesh/munin-plugins
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-    1.0
+    1.1
 
 =head1 CHANGELOG
 
 =head2 1.0 - 2010/11/12
  
     first release
+
+=head2 1.1 - 2011/05/29
+ 
+    fix transmission error handling
     
 =cut
 """
-__version__ = '1.0'
+__version__ = '1.1'
 
 
 import os, sys
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ def fetch():
     
     try:
         client = transmissionrpc.Client(host, port=port, user=user, password=passwd)
-    except transmissionrpc.transmission.TransmissionError, err:
+    except transmissionrpc.TransmissionError, err:
         print err
         sys.exit(1)