diff --git a/src/ai_client.py b/src/ai_client.py
index 1a87555b..37c9d758 100644
--- a/src/ai_client.py
+++ b/src/ai_client.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def _classify_deepseek_error(exc: Exception, source: str = "ai_client.deepseek")
    err_data = exc.response.json()
    if "error" in err_data: body = str(err_data["error"].get("message", exc.response.text))
    else:                   body = exc.response.text
-  except:
+  except (ValueError, AttributeError):
    body = exc.response.text
  else:
   body = str(exc)
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ def _classify_minimax_error(exc: Exception, source: str = "ai_client.minimax") -
    err_data = exc.response.json()
    if "error" in err_data: body = str(err_data["error"].get("message", exc.response.text))
    else:                   body = exc.response.text
-  except:
+  except (ValueError, AttributeError):
    body = exc.response.text
  else:
   body = str(exc)