diff --git a/aider/coders/base_coder.py b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
index 8c4b83965..bd91e5eb9 100755
--- a/aider/coders/base_coder.py
+++ b/aider/coders/base_coder.py
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ class Coder:
             lang = locale.getlocale()[0]
             if lang:
                 return lang.split("_")[0]  # Extract just the language code
-        except:
+        except Exception:
             pass
 
         for env_var in ["LANG", "LANGUAGE", "LC_ALL", "LC_MESSAGES"]: