1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
index a56769255..f42515c5c 100644
--- a/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
+++ b/qutebrowser/utils/utils.py
@@ -669,11 +669,12 @@ def yaml_load(f: Union[str, IO[str]]) -> Any:
             r"of from 'collections\.abc' is deprecated.*"):
         try:
             data = yaml.load(f, Loader=YamlLoader)
-        except ValueError as e:
-            if str(e).startswith('could not convert string to float'):
+        except ValueError as e:  # pragma: no cover
+            pyyaml_error = 'could not convert string to float'
+            if str(e).startswith(pyyaml_error):
                 # WORKAROUND for https://github.com/yaml/pyyaml/issues/168
                 raise yaml.YAMLError(e)
-            raise  # pragma: no cover
+            raise
 
     end = datetime.datetime.now()