diff --git a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
index 1d9cca2411..99ca72c3f7 100644
--- a/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
+++ b/src/ifcopenshell-python/ifcopenshell/entity_instance.py
@@ -17,47 +17,65 @@
 #                                                                             #
 ###############################################################################
 
-import numbers
 import functools
+import numbers
+import logging
 import itertools
 
 from . import ifcopenshell_wrapper
 
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 class entity_instance(object):
     def __init__(self, e):
         super(entity_instance, self).__setattr__('wrapped_data', e)
+
     def __getattr__(self, name):
         INVALID, FORWARD, INVERSE = range(3)
         attr_cat = self.wrapped_data.get_attribute_category(name)
         if attr_cat == FORWARD:
-            return entity_instance.wrap_value(self.wrapped_data.get_argument(self.wrapped_data.get_argument_index(name)))
+            return entity_instance.wrap_value(
+                self.wrapped_data.get_argument(self.wrapped_data.get_argument_index(name)))
         elif attr_cat == INVERSE:
             return entity_instance.wrap_value(self.wrapped_data.get_inverse(name))
-        else: raise AttributeError("entity instance of type '%s' has no attribute '%s'"%(self.wrapped_data.is_a(), name))
+        else:
+            raise AttributeError(
+                "entity instance of type '%s' has no attribute '%s'" % (self.wrapped_data.is_a(), name))
+
     @staticmethod
     def walk(f, g, value):
-        if isinstance(value, (tuple, list)): return tuple(map(functools.partial(entity_instance.walk, f, g), value))
-        elif f(value): return g(value)
-        else: return value
+        if isinstance(value, (tuple, list)):
+            return tuple(map(functools.partial(entity_instance.walk, f, g), value))
+        elif f(value):
+            return g(value)
+        else:
+            return value
+
     @staticmethod
     def wrap_value(v):
         wrap = lambda e: entity_instance(e)
         is_instance = lambda e: isinstance(e, ifcopenshell_wrapper.entity_instance)
         return entity_instance.walk(is_instance, wrap, v)
+
     @staticmethod
     def unwrap_value(v):
         unwrap = lambda e: e.wrapped_data
         is_instance = lambda e: isinstance(e, entity_instance)
         return entity_instance.walk(is_instance, unwrap, v)
+
     def attribute_type(self, attr):
         attr_idx = attr if isinstance(attr, numbers.Integral) else self.wrapped_data.get_argument_index(attr)
         return self.wrapped_data.get_argument_type(attr_idx)
+
     def attribute_name(self, attr_idx):
         return self.wrapped_data.get_argument_name(attr_idx)
+
     def __setattr__(self, key, value):
         self[self.wrapped_data.get_argument_index(key)] = value
+
     def __getitem__(self, key):
         return entity_instance.wrap_value(self.wrapped_data.get_argument(key))
+
     def __setitem__(self, idx, value):
         if value is None:
             self.wrapped_data.setArgumentAsNull(idx)
@@ -67,35 +85,49 @@ class entity_instance(object):
             attr_type = attr_type.replace('Enumeration', 'String')
             try:
                 if isinstance(value, unicode): value = value.encode("utf-8")
-            except: pass
+            except:
+                pass
             getattr(self.wrapped_data, "setArgumentAs%s" % attr_type)(idx, entity_instance.unwrap_value(value))
         return value
-    def __len__(self): return len(self.wrapped_data)
-    def __repr__(self): return repr(self.wrapped_data)
-    def is_a(self, *args): return self.wrapped_data.is_a(*args)
-    def id(self): return self.wrapped_data.id()
+
+    def __len__(self):
+        return len(self.wrapped_data)
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return repr(self.wrapped_data)
+
+    def is_a(self, *args):
+        return self.wrapped_data.is_a(*args)
+
+    def id(self):
+        return self.wrapped_data.id()
+
     def __eq__(self, other):
         if type(self) != type(other): return False
         return self.wrapped_data == other.wrapped_data
+
     def __hash__(self):
         return hash((self.id(), self.wrapped_data.file_pointer()))
+
     def __dir__(self):
         return sorted(set(itertools.chain(
             dir(type(self)),
             self.wrapped_data.get_attribute_names(),
             self.wrapped_data.get_inverse_attribute_names()
         )))
+
     def get_info(self):
         _info = {}
         try:
             _info["id"] = self.id()
             _info["type"] = self.is_a()
         except:
-            pass
+            log.exception("unhandled exception while getting id / type info on {}".format(self))
         for i in range(len(self)):
             try:
                 _info[self.attribute_name(i)] = self[i]
             except:
-                pass
+                log.exception("unhandled exception occured setting attribute name for {}".format(self))
         return _info
-    __dict__ = property(get_info)
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+
+    __dict__ = property(get_info)