diff --git a/src/nplinker/pairedomics/podp_antismash_downloader.py b/src/nplinker/pairedomics/podp_antismash_downloader.py
index 5ba8d128..3a7dbc44 100644
--- a/src/nplinker/pairedomics/podp_antismash_downloader.py
+++ b/src/nplinker/pairedomics/podp_antismash_downloader.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
 import time
-from urllib.error import HTTPError
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
 from bs4 import NavigableString
 from bs4 import Tag
@@ -203,7 +202,7 @@ def podp_download_and_extract_antismash_data(
             if output_path.exists():
                 Path.touch(output_path / 'completed', exist_ok=True)
 
-        except HTTPError:
+        except Exception:
             gs_obj.bgc_path = ""
 
     missing = len([gs for gs in gs_dict.values() if not gs.bgc_path])