diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e4dc7a665..982fa3bd3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [UNRELEASED]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Ignoring all errors when importing qelectrons instead of only `ImportError`
+
 ## [0.235.0-rc.0] - 2024-05-29
 
 ### Authors
diff --git a/covalent/__init__.py b/covalent/__init__.py
index 0cfc7bbe7..d644a57d6 100644
--- a/covalent/__init__.py
+++ b/covalent/__init__.py
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 from ._workflow.electron import wait  # nopycln: import
 from .executor.utils import get_context  # nopycln: import
 
-with contextlib.suppress(ImportError):
+with contextlib.suppress(Exception):
+    # try to load qelectron modules
     from ._workflow.qelectron import qelectron  # nopycln: import
     from .quantum import QCluster  # nopycln: import