From 8ac9a43b298f84a2c40b2c4c4bde83ac6d2084a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@freedombone.net>
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 10:37:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Catch exception if daemon fails

---
 daemon.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 2cd2d58f..94ce5096 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -5481,7 +5481,11 @@ def runDaemon(mediaInstance: bool,maxRecentPosts: int, \
         pubHandler = partial(PubServerUnitTest)
     else:
         pubHandler = partial(PubServer)
-    httpd = ThreadingHTTPServer(serverAddress, pubHandler)
+    try:
+        httpd = ThreadingHTTPServer(serverAddress, pubHandler)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print('ERROR: HTTP Server failed to start. '+str(e))
+        return False
 
     httpd.useBlurHash=useBlurHash
     httpd.mediaInstance=mediaInstance