1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mediagoblin/processing/__init__.py b/mediagoblin/processing/__init__.py
index ae3652cf..454eb09b 100644
--- a/mediagoblin/processing/__init__.py
+++ b/mediagoblin/processing/__init__.py
@@ -181,10 +181,8 @@ class BaseProcessingFail(Exception):
         return u"%s:%s" % (
             self.__class__.__module__, self.__class__.__name__)
 
-    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        # next line is REQUIRED to have pickable exceptions if you want
-        # to be able to pass in custom arguments (see celery docs)
-        Exception.__init__(self, *args, **metadata)
+    def __init__(self, **metadata):
+        self.metadata = metadata or {}
 
 class BadMediaFail(BaseProcessingFail):
     """