diff --git a/glasnost-ctl.py b/glasnost-ctl.py
index f6e6c234..ceae326c 100755
--- a/glasnost-ctl.py
+++ b/glasnost-ctl.py
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ def doStart():
                 if not logDir:
                     continue
                 fileName = os.path.join(logDir, '%s.log' % server)
-                fileInstance = open(fileName,'r')
+                try:
+                    fileInstance = open(fileName,'r')
+                except IOError:
+                    continue
                 print ''.join(fileInstance.readlines()[-10:])
                 fileInstance.close()
     print ' done.'