diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/converter/labfolder_api.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/converter/labfolder_api.py
index de83fc87f15c90fb33cace786bfa34bdbccc9415..82b2f4f4a042ba3b9350c3f9a87121914f27e0e0 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/converter/labfolder_api.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/converter/labfolder_api.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Importer(object):
 
         try:
             element = self.connection.retrieve_element(element_id, el_type=el_type)
-        except:
+        except BaseException:
             print("Could not retrieve: ", element_id)
 
             return