diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteEmptyJournals.php b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteEmptyJournals.php
index 658bca87ff..f0105a3f60 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteEmptyJournals.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteEmptyJournals.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Log;
 
 /**
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ class DeleteEmptyJournals extends Command
                 // uneven number, delete journal and transactions:
                 try {
                     TransactionJournal::find((int)$row->transaction_journal_id)->delete();
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (QueryException $e) {
                     Log::info(sprintf('Could not delete journal: %s', $e->getMessage()));
                 }
 
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ class DeleteEmptyJournals extends Command
         foreach ($set as $entry) {
             try {
                 TransactionJournal::find($entry->id)->delete();
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
+            } catch (QueryException $e) {
                 Log::info(sprintf('Could not delete entry: %s', $e->getMessage()));
             }
 
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteOrphanedTransactions.php b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteOrphanedTransactions.php
index 694a9c5f3f..3ddd7e1a7d 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteOrphanedTransactions.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteOrphanedTransactions.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Log;
 use stdClass;
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ class DeleteOrphanedTransactions extends Command
             if ($journal) {
                 try {
                     $journal->delete();
-                } catch (Exception $e) {
+                } catch (QueryException $e) {
                     Log::info(sprintf('Could not delete journal %s', $e->getMessage()));
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteZeroAmount.php b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteZeroAmount.php
index 99331e67ad..d4eb88442e 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteZeroAmount.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Correction/DeleteZeroAmount.php
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ use Exception;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Transaction;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournal;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 
 /**
  * Class DeleteZeroAmount
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class DeleteZeroAmount extends Command
             $this->info(sprintf('Deleted transaction journal #%d because the amount is zero (0.00).', $journal->id));
             try {
                 $journal->delete();
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
+            } catch (QueryException $e) {
                 $this->line($e->getMessage());
             }
 
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/BackToJournals.php b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/BackToJournals.php
index 31e862e035..397e6b1930 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/BackToJournals.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/BackToJournals.php
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class BackToJournals extends Command
         foreach ($chunks as $chunk) {
             $set   = DB::table('transactions')
                        ->whereIn('transactions.id', $chunk)
-                       ->get(['transaction_journal_id'])->pluck('transaction_journal_id')->toArray();
+                       ->pluck('transaction_journal_id')->toArray();
             $array = array_merge($array, $set);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/MigrateJournalNotes.php b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/MigrateJournalNotes.php
index 3477aa17f2..d994210d43 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/MigrateJournalNotes.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/Upgrade/MigrateJournalNotes.php
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ use FireflyIII\Exceptions\FireflyException;
 use FireflyIII\Models\Note;
 use FireflyIII\Models\TransactionJournalMeta;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Database\QueryException;
 use Log;
 use Psr\Container\ContainerExceptionInterface;
 use Psr\Container\NotFoundExceptionInterface;
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ class MigrateJournalNotes extends Command
             Log::debug(sprintf('Migrated meta note #%d to Note #%d', $meta->id, $note->id));
             try {
                 $meta->delete();
-            } catch (Exception $e) {
+            } catch (QueryException $e) {
                 Log::error(sprintf('Could not delete old meta entry #%d: %s', $meta->id, $e->getMessage()));
             }