diff --git a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_exceptions.py b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_exceptions.py
index 50d2496..4f443b2 100644
--- a/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_exceptions.py
+++ b/packages/markitdown/src/markitdown/_exceptions.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 from typing import Optional, List, Any
 
 
-class MarkItDownException(BaseException):
+class MarkItDownException(Exception):
     """
     Base exception class for MarkItDown.
     """