diff --git a/novnc.py b/novnc.py
index a6e7089..2c39b8b 100644
--- a/novnc.py
+++ b/novnc.py
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ def spawn(target, options):
             c_option = '--{} {} '.format(key, value)
         a_options += c_option
 
-    command_line = 'python3 runwebsockify.py ' + a_options + vnctarget 
-    args = shlex.split(command_line)
-    p = subprocess.Popen(args)
-    print('spawn!')
+    try:
+        command_line = 'python3 runwebsockify.py ' + a_options + vnctarget 
+        args = shlex.split(command_line)
+        p = subprocess.Popen(args)
+        print('spawned!')
 
+:w