diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 99cb5715f7..3aa2e99096 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ exclude_lines =
     raise NotImplementedError
     if 0:
     if __name__ == .__main__.:
+    except Exception as e
 
 omit =
     pytorch_lightning/callbacks/pt_callbacks.py