diff --git a/beat/core/dock.py b/beat/core/dock.py
index d6c2f1e4d76c2006547dd5b547297c8ae63f3fb4..51a71de7291c6c8247fde2eff595277b8c9ccb9b 100755
--- a/beat/core/dock.py
+++ b/beat/core/dock.py
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ class Host(object):
 
         try:
             process = sp.Popen(command, stdout=process_stdout, stderr=process_stderr)
-        except FileNotFoundError as e:
+        except IOError as e:
             if self.raise_on_errors:
                 raise