diff --git a/sherlock/sites.py b/sherlock/sites.py
index ba6c930a..619dc4ee 100644
--- a/sherlock/sites.py
+++ b/sherlock/sites.py
@@ -153,10 +153,7 @@ class SitesInformation:
                                         f"data file '{data_file_path}'."
                                         )
         
-        try:
-            site_data.pop('$schema')
-        except:
-            pass
+        site_data.pop('$schema', None)
 
         self.sites = {}
 
diff --git a/site_list.py b/site_list.py
index b66010dc..1f0f05fd 100644
--- a/site_list.py
+++ b/site_list.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ with open("sherlock/resources/data.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as data_file:
 
 # Removes schema-specific keywords for proper processing
 social_networks: dict = dict(data)
-social_networks.pop('$schema')
+social_networks.pop('$schema', None)
 
 # Sort the social networks in alphanumeric order
 social_networks: list = sorted(social_networks.items())