diff --git a/pythainlp/tokenize/han_solo.py b/pythainlp/tokenize/han_solo.py
index dc1b18ecf..4e455f394 100644
--- a/pythainlp/tokenize/han_solo.py
+++ b/pythainlp/tokenize/han_solo.py
@@ -160,9 +160,9 @@ def segment(text: str) -> list[str]:
     tagger = _get_tagger()
     x = _to_feature.featurize(text)["X"]
     y_pred = tagger.tag(x)
-    list_cut = []
+    list_cut: list[str] = []
     for j, k in zip(list(text), y_pred):
-        if k == "1":
+        if k == "1" or not list_cut:
             list_cut.append(j)
         else:
             list_cut[-1] += j
diff --git a/pythainlp/tokenize/longest.py b/pythainlp/tokenize/longest.py
index e2453c7de..3ea12d599 100644
--- a/pythainlp/tokenize/longest.py
+++ b/pythainlp/tokenize/longest.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def __longest_matching(self, text: str, begin_pos: int) -> str:
                     return text[0 : len_word_valid + 1]
                 else:
                     return word_valid
-            except BaseException:
+            except IndexError:
                 return word_valid
         else:
             return ""