diff --git a/auth-mastodon.py b/auth-mastodon.py
index 5c39435..1e0b377 100644
--- a/auth-mastodon.py
+++ b/auth-mastodon.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ while True:
         ejab_request = ejabberd_in().split(':', 3)
     except EOFError:
         break
-    except Exception as e:
+    except Exception:
         logging.exception("Exception occured while reading stdin")
         raise