diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
index 8e61f20..634f10a 100644
--- a/.flake8
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 [flake8]
-max-line-length=100
+exclude=build,tests
 ignore=E128
+max-line-length=120
diff --git a/toot/tui/app.py b/toot/tui/app.py
index fe12a87..62ea2c3 100644
--- a/toot/tui/app.py
+++ b/toot/tui/app.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class TUI(urwid.Frame):
                 else:
                     self.footer.set_error_message("Server returned empty translation")
                     response = None
-            except:
+            except Exception:
                 response = None
                 self.footer.set_error_message("Translate server error")
 
diff --git a/toot/utils/__init__.py b/toot/utils/__init__.py
index f1b0736..40e0daf 100644
--- a/toot/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/toot/utils/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def parse_html(html):
     paragraphs = [re.split("<br */?>", p) for p in paragraphs if p]
 
     # Convert each line in each paragraph to plain text:
-    return [[get_text(l) for l in p] for p in paragraphs]
+    return [[get_text(line) for line in p] for p in paragraphs]
 
 
 def format_content(content):