diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 612f934a..c304dd5e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 
 setup(
     name='tqdm',
-    version='2.0',
+    version='1.1',
     description='A Simple Python Progress Meter',
     license='MIT License',
     author='Noam Yorav-Raphael',
diff --git a/tqdm/_tqdm.py b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
index 50396328..6396a3e3 100755
--- a/tqdm/_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/_tqdm.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def format_meter(n, total, elapsed, ncols=None, prefix=''):
 
         try:
             unich = unichr
-        except:
+        except NameError:
             unich = chr
 
         bar = unich(0x2588)*bar_length
diff --git a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
index d5e9a371..6793c374 100644
--- a/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
+++ b/tqdm/tests/tests_tqdm.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_format_interval():
 def test_format_meter():
     try:
         unich = unichr
-    except:
+    except NameError:
         unich = chr
 
     assert format_meter(0, 1000, 13) == \
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def test_iterate_over_csv_rows():
     test_csv_file = StringIO()
     writer = csv.writer(test_csv_file)
     for i in range(3):
-        writer.writerow(['test', 'test', 'test'])
+        writer.writerow(['test']*3)
     test_csv_file.seek(0)
 
     # Test that nothing fails if we iterate over rows
@@ -110,3 +110,11 @@ def test_min_interval():
         pass
     our_file.seek(0)
     assert "  0%|          | 0/3 [00:00<" in our_file.read()
+
+
+def test_min_iters():
+    our_file = StringIO()
+    for i in tqdm(range(3), file=our_file, leave=True, miniters=4):
+        our_file.write('blank\n')
+    our_file.seek(0)
+    assert '\nblank\nblank\n' in our_file.read()