diff --git a/theHarvester/lib/api/api.py b/theHarvester/lib/api/api.py
index 15ea9607..aea3d71a 100644
--- a/theHarvester/lib/api/api.py
+++ b/theHarvester/lib/api/api.py
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ async def query(
                 "hosts": ahosts,
             }
         )
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         return UJSONResponse(
             {"exception": "Please contact the server administrator to check the issue"}
         )